Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing
Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.
OpenFDA device adverse-event casebook.
FDA Class I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §866.2500 (Microbiology panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#253 of 1000 · 7,712 reports · 1996–2026
- BOOK 7,712 reports
- RANK #253 of 1000
- DEATH 0 death-typed
- INJ 23 injury-typed
- MALF 5,474 malfunction
- SPAN 1996–2026
- PEAK 2007: 1,118
- PHOTO Nasopharyngoscope
Nearest event-volume peer: Nasopharyngoscope (Flexible Or Rigid) (21 report gap)
Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing sits #253 of 1000 among tracked device types with 7,712 MAUDE reports spanning 1996–2026. 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 →
Injury-coded reports sit below the device-type norm
Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing carries 0.3% INJURY-coded reports, 30.0pp below the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.
- DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
- INJ 0.3% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-30.0 pp)
- MALF 71.0% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+6.2 pp)
Lead product-problem code Pipette, failure to aspirate is 30% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer HAMILTON BONADUZ AG accounts for 87% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 51% of location-tagged rows .
Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- System
System, Multipurpose For In Vitro Coagulation Studies
7,801 reports
- Catheter
Catheter, Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (Ptca), Cutting/Scoring
7,737 reports
- Catheter
Catheter, Embolectomy
7,736 reports
- Device (this)
Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing
7,712 reports
- Nasopharyngos…
Nasopharyngoscope (Flexible Or Rigid)
7,691 reports
- System
System, X-Ray, Angiographic
7,625 reports
What this shows Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing carries 7,712 MAUDE reports, ranked #253 of 1000.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Top Product Problems
Yearly Trend
Reports fell to 8 in 2025, down from an average of 13 in the two years before.
Related Entities for Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing
Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint
Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (7,712 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing 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 Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing; 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.