Description of Event or Problem · 1
(B)(6) HOSPITAL IN (B)(6) ADMITTED MY WIFE FOR APPENDICITIS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. WHILE BEING ADMITTED THEY TOOK A COVID-19 TEST IN THE ER (CEPHEID XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2), THEY ALERTED HER ONCE ADMITTED THAT SHE HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, HOWEVER SHE WAS NEVER GIVEN A FACT SHEET ABOUT WHICH TEST SHE WAS GIVEN, THEY ALSO USED THIS TEST OUT OF EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION, AS IT IS INTENDED FOR PERSONS SUSPECTED OF HAVING COVID-19 AND SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR APPENDICITIS. THE HOSPITAL DENIED RE-TESTING EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD NO SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 INFECTION. I'D LIKE TO REPORT THIS LAB AND HOSPITAL FOR USING A EUA TEST OUT OF ITS INTENDED PURPOSE AND FOR NOT GIVING HER THE DATA SHEET THAT IS REQUIRED BY EUA. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID # (B)(4).