BEVERLY, Mass., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Hettich Centrifuges, Beverly, MA, is initiating a North America and Canada recall of 2050 and 2076 plastic hematocrit rotors that are used in combination with the Mikro 12-24, Mikro 20, Haematokrit 20 and Haematokrit 24 bench top plastic centrifuges. These plastic rotors have the potential to break apart resulting in pieces of the rotor to be forcefully ejected through the plastic centrifuge housing. This may result in serious personal injury and damage to the surrounding area.
There has been one occurrence in the USA of the 2076 rotor breaking apart and pieces of the rotor destroying the centrifuge housing. The projectiles from this explosion caused damage to the surrounding area. There have been no injuries reported to date.
Hettich Centrifuges has notified its distributors and customers by letter and email on November 23, 2009 and is arranging for return and replacement of all recalled products.
Any adverse reactions experienced with the use of this product, and/or quality problems should also be reported to the FDA’s MedWatch Program by phone at 1-800-FDA-1088, by Fax at 1-800-FDA-0178, by mail at MedWatch, HF-2, FDA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852-9787, or on the MedWatch website at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
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