FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ID NOW COVID-19

MDR report key: 10730242 · Received October 23, 2020

Report

Report Number
1221359-2020-00323
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 23, 2020
Date of Event
September 18, 2020
Report Date
October 23, 2020
Manufacturer
ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS SCARBOROUGH, INC.
Product Code
QJR
UDI-DI
10811877011269
PMA / PMN Number
EUA2000074
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

TESTING WAS PERFORMED AT ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS (B)(4), INC. ON RETAINED KIT LOT 1001941 WITH INTERNAL POSITIVE QUALITY CONTROL SAMPLES AND NEGATIVE QUALITY CONTROL SWABS. ALL TEST RESULTS WERE VALID AND PERFORMED AS EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY, THE MANUFACTURING BATCH RECORDS, AND QUALITY CONTROL RELEASE TESTING FOR KIT PART NUMBER 190-000 / LOT 1001941, AND TEST BASE PART NUMBER 190-430 / LOT 1001941 WERE REVIEWED. THIS LOT MET THE REQUIRED RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS. A REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINTS REPORTED AS FALSE POSITIVE AND AS FALSE NEGATIVE PATIENT RESULTS (CONFIRMED AND UNCONFIRMED, CONFLICTING RESULTS) RELATED TO KIT LOT 1001941 SHOWED THAT THE COMPLAINT RATES ARE (B)(4), RESPECTIVELY. ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS (B)(4), INC. WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT ROOT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED ISSUE. THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT THIS DEVICE LOT IS PERFORMING WITHIN THE STATEMENTS MADE WITHIN PACKAGE INSERT RELATED TO % TEST AGREEMENT WITH THE EXPECTED RESULTS BY SAMPLE CONCENTRATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED TWO (2) CONFLICTING RESULTS WITH THE ID NOW COVID-19 ASSAY. THIS REPORT REPRESENTS ONE (2) OF TWO (2). THE CUSTOMER REPORTED A POSITIVE RESULT ON A DIRECT TESTED SWAB WITH THE ID NOW COVID-19 ASSAY PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2020 AT 13:40. AN UNSPECIFIED STERILE SWAB WAS USED TO COLLECT NASAL SAMPLES FROM BOTH NOSTRILS, AS INDICATED IN THE PRODUCT INSERT. REPEAT TESTING ON A DIRECT TESTED UNSPECIFIED NASAL SWAB WITH THE ID NOW COVID-19 ASSAY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2020 AT 13:56. NO CONFIRMATION TESTING WAS PERFORMED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF DEATH, OR SERIOUS INJURY. THE PATIENT WAS NOT SYMPTOMATIC AT THE TIME OF TESTING, BUT THE PATIENT HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO SARS-COV-2. NO FURTHER PATIENT INFORMATION, INCLUDING TREATMENT AND OUTCOME, WAS PROVIDED. POSITIVE RESULTS ARE INDICATIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF SARS-COV-2 RNA. PER THE ID NOW COVID-19 PRODUCT INSERT, PRECAUTIONS INCLUDE: DUE TO THE HIGH SENSITIVITY OF THE ASSAYS RUN ON THE INSTRUMENT, CONTAMINATION OF THE WORK AREA WITH PREVIOUS POSITIVE SAMPLES MAY CAUSE FALSE POSITIVE RESULTS. HANDLE SAMPLES ACCORDING TO STANDARD LABORATORY PRACTICES. CLEAN INSTRUMENTS AND SURROUNDING SURFACES ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THE CLEANING SECTION OF THE INSTRUMENT USER MANUAL. NEGATIVE RESULTS SHOULD BE TREATED AS PRESUMPTIVE AND, IF INCONSISTENT WITH CLINICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, OR NECESSARY FOR PATIENT MANAGEMENT, SHOULD BE TESTED WITH DIFFERENT AUTHORIZED, OR CLEARED MOLECULAR TESTS. NEGATIVE RESULTS DO NOT PRECLUDE SARS-COV-2 INFECTION, AND SHOULD NOT BE USED AS THE SOLE BASIS FOR PATIENT MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. NEGATIVE RESULTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF A PATIENT'S RECENT EXPOSURES, HISTORY AND THE PRESENCE OF CLINICAL SIGNS, AND SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH COVID-19. UNEXPLAINED CONFLICTING RESULTS SHALL BE REPORTED AS IT IS UNKNOWN WHICH RESULT IS CORRECT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1188455 ID NOW COVID-19 MOLECULAR IVD FOR ID NOW COVID-19 QJR ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS SCARBOROUGH, INC. 1001941 10811877011269

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 4 YR