FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ORTHO PROVUE

MDR report key: 1030492 · Received April 17, 2008

Report

Report Number
1056600-2008-00116
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 17, 2008
Date of Event
February 8, 2008
Report Date
April 17, 2008
Manufacturer
MICRO TYPING SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
KSZ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO DEFINITIVE POSSIBLE ROOT CAUSE WAS DETERMINED. AN OCD FIELD ENGINEER INDICATED THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS PASSING ALL QC AND THE ANALYZER WAS FUNCTIONING AS EXPECTED. SERVICE WAS NOT PERFORMED. OCD COMPLAINT HANDLING UNIT REVIEWED THE PROVUE RESULTS AND CONFIRMED THAT ALL THE 5 SAMPLES WERE NEGATIVE IN THE MICROTUBES. THIS CUSTOMER HAS NOT LOGGED ANY COMPLAINTS AGAINST THIS ANALYZER SINCE THE INCIDENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED WHILE PERFORMING CROSSMATCH/COMPATIBILITY TESTING, THE ANALYZER INTERPRETED ALL THE RESULTS AS NEGATIVE (COMPATIBLE). THE SUMMARY REPORT INDICATED THAT 2 OF THE SAMPLES WERE INCOMPATIBLE. THE CUSTOMER REPEATED TESTING ON THE ANALYZER AND OBTAINED THE SAME NEGATIVE RESULTS. NO ERRONEOUS RESULTS WERE REPORTED. FALSE NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS CAN LEAD TO TRANSFUSION OF INCOMPATIBLE BLOOD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ORTHO PROVUE AUTOMATED BLOOD GROUPING & ANTIBODY TEST SYSTEM KSZ MICRO TYPING SYSTEMS, INC. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1