FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VITROS ECI IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1202452 · Received October 8, 2008

Report

Report Number
1319681-2008-00296
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 8, 2008
Date of Event
September 8, 2008
Report Date
September 9, 2008
Manufacturer
ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
Product Code
JJE
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION INTO THIS EVENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE EXACT ROOT CAUSE OF THIS EVENT. SAMPLE MIXUP COULD NOT BE RULED OUT AS A POTENTIAL ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT. ANALYSIS OF THE INSTRUMENT DATALOGGER FILES AND QUALITY CONTROL RESULTS COULD NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE THAT AN ANALYZER OR REAGENT ERROR HAD OCCURRED. THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION OF HARM AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS EVENT IS UNK.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER OBSERVED TWO NON REPRODUCIBLE, POSITIVELY BIASED RESULTS WITH TWO PT SAMPLES USING VITROS TSH ON A VITROS ECI ANALYZER. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PT HARM AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THIS REPORT CORRESPONDS TO ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 VITROS ECI IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC ANALYZER JJE ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1