Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 22385 |
| Brand Name: | CELL-DYN Emerald 22 |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Serial Numbers: All instrument with serial numbers below 000700 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Abbott Australasia Pty Ltd (NZ) Abbott Laboratories NZ 4 Pacific Rise, Mt Wellington Auckland 1060 |
| Contact Information: | 61 2 93849717 |
| Manufacturer: | Abbott Laboratories |
| Issue: | Abbott Haematology has identified the following issue with the CELL-DYN Emerald 22 Analyzer Application Software v3.0.0 when the IUO (Information Use Only) reporting option is disabled: · For the printout of the Levey-Jennings (L-J) graphs, the WBC Subpopulation differential labels do not match the L-J graphs. The labels are displayed in the following order: LYM%, MON%, NEU%, EOS% and BAS%, instead of NEU%, LYM%, MON%, EOS%, and BAS%. The graphs themselves are in the order of NEU%, LYM%, MON%, EOS%, and BAS%. The on-screen results as well as on-screen graphs are correct. All printed QC raw data results are correct. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Software to be upgraded |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 19/12/2017 |
