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Counter, Differential Cell

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

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openFDA event book Counter, Differential Cell MID-BOOK · MAUDE

#125 of 1000 · 23,410 reports · 1993–2026

  • BOOK 23,410 reports
  • RANK #125 of 1000
  • DEATH 17 death-typed
  • INJ 316 injury-typed
  • MALF 22,412 malfunction
  • SPAN 1993–2026
  • PEAK 2016: 3,338
  • PHOTO Stent, Coronary

Nearest event-volume peer: Stent, Coronary (144 report gap)

Counter, Differential Cell sits #125 of 1000 among tracked device types with 23,410 MAUDE reports spanning 1993–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →

Event-type mix vs corpus

Shares of FDA event_type codes on this device type, compared with the mean across 1,000 device types that have ≥100 MAUDE reports. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.1% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.4 pp)
  • INJ 1.3% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-29.1 pp)
  • MALF 95.7% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+31.2 pp)

Lead product-problem code Low Test Results is 32% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BECKMAN COULTER accounts for 49% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 72% of location-tagged rows .

Counter, Differential Cell in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Counter, Differential Cell carries 23,410 MAUDE reports, ranked #125 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Malfunction 22,412 (95.7%)
Other 628 (2.7%)
Injury 316 (1.3%)
37 (0.2%)
Death 17 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

22,670 (96.8%)
Other 551 (2.4%)
Required Intervention 90 (0.4%)
Hospitalization 41 (0.2%)
Disability 18 (0.1%)
Death 17 (0.1%)
Congenital Anomaly 11 (0.0%)
R 8 (0.0%)
O 7 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 7 (0.0%)
H 1 (0.0%)
L 1 (0.0%)
S 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Low Test Results 2,507
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings 1,783
Nonstandard Device 1,585
Fluid/Blood Leak 804
Leak/Splash 242
Output Problem 195
High Test Results 158
Pressure Problem 106
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 95
Incorrect Or Inadequate Test Results 56
Smoking 45
Use of Device Problem 33
Thermal Decomposition of Device 26
Device Displays Incorrect Message 21
Mechanical Problem 20
Low Readings 19
Device Handling Problem 18
Missing Test Results 18
Device Markings/Labelling Problem 16
Device Operational Issue 15

Yearly Trend

93
1993: 1
94
1994: 3
95
1995: 1
96
1996: 2
97
1997: 12
98
1998: 22
99
1999: 25
00
2000: 29
01
2001: 46
02
2002: 25
03
2003: 66
04
2004: 99
05
2005: 77
06
2006: 76
07
2007: 268
08
2008: 925
09
2009: 559
10
2010: 896
11
2011: 2,905
12
2012: 2,959
13
2013: 3,070
14
2014: 3,112
15
2015: 1,972
16
2016: 3,338
17
2017: 229
18
2018: 497
19
2019: 908
20
2020: 342
21
2021: 391
22
2022: 198
23
2023: 155
24
2024: 115
25
2025: 77
26
2026: 10

Related Entities for Counter, Differential Cell

Top Manufacturers

BECKMAN COULTER 10,206
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 4,985
ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS DIVISION 4,172
BECKMAN COULTER INC. 890
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 260
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. 207

Event Locations

16,926 (72.3%)
I 6,276 (26.8%)
NO INFORMATION 142 (0.6%)
HOSPITAL 25 (0.1%)
OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY 18 (0.1%)
OTHER 7 (0.0%)
INVALID DATA 4 (0.0%)
UNKNOWN 4 (0.0%)
NOT APPLICABLE 3 (0.0%)
LABORATORY 2 (0.0%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 2 (0.0%)
BLOOD BANK 1 (0.0%)

Compare BECKMAN COULTER vs BECKMAN COULTER, INC. →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Counter, Differential Cell, both floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (23,410 here).

Stent, Coronary 23,266 Fastener 23,725 Programmer, Pacemaker 23,727 Mitral Valve Repair Devices 22,972

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (17 here), distinct from the volume row.

Accessories, Blood Circuit, Hemodialysis 17 Agent, Occluding, Vascular, Permanent 17 Cable, Transducer And Electrode, Patient, 17 Cardiovascular Procedure Kit 17

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Counter, Differential Cell are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Counter, Differential Cell; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.