FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

SUSCEPTIBILITY CARD

MDR report key: 11841 · Received March 4, 1994

Report

Report Number
MW1000960
Event Type
Other
Date Received
March 4, 1994
Report Date
March 1, 1994
Manufacturer
VITEK SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
LTW
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CARDS ARE USED BY THE MICROBIOLOGY LAB. THE CARDS TEST FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE ORGANISM TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THE ANTIBIOTIC. IN 10/93, THE DRUG CEFAZOLIN WAS DEMONSTRATED AS BEING SENSITIVE TO THE ORGANISM, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA. THEORETICALLY, THIS FIRST GENERATION CEPHALOSPORIN, CEFAZOLIN, IS NOT SENSITIVE TO THIS ORGANSIM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SUSCEPTIBILITY CARD VITEK SUSCEPTIBILITY CARDS LTW VITEK SYSTEMS, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Other