FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CEPHEID XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV

MDR report key: 12792099 · Received November 11, 2021

Report

Report Number
3004530258-2021-00416
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 11, 2021
Date of Event
October 13, 2021
Report Date
November 10, 2021
Manufacturer
CEPHEID
Product Code
QJR
PMA / PMN Number
EUA200453
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NM, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

US CUSTOMER CONTACTED CEPHEID TO DISCUSS A PATIENTS RESULTS FOR XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV TESTED ON THE GENEXPERT INSTRUMENT. CUSTOMER COLLECTED SAMPLE 1 PATIENT 1 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 POS/FLU A POS/FLU B POS/RSV POS AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. RETEST 1 PATIENT 1 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 POS/FLU A POS/FLU B POS/RSV POS AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. CUSTOMER COLLECTED SAMPLE 2 PATIENT 1 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 NEG/FLU A NEG/FLU B NEG/RSV NEC AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. SAMPLE 1 PATIENT 2 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 POS/FLU A POS/FLU B POS/RSV POS AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. RETEST 1 PATIENT 2 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 POS/FLU A POS/FLU B POS/RSV POS AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. CUSTOMER COLLECTED SAMPLE 2 PATIENT 2 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 NEG/FLU A NEG/FLU B NEG/RSV NEC AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. ROOT CAUSE IS CONTAMINATION AND/OR CARRYOVER. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PRODUCT MALFUNCTION AND NO REPORT OF PATIENT HARM. FALSE POSITIVE RESULTS FOR SARS-COV-2 COULD LEAD TO INCORRECT MANAGEMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS, INCLUDING UNNECESSARY ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE, MISALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, DELAYED DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR OTHER INFECTIONS OR HEALTH CONDITIONS, OR UNNECESSARY ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT. CEPHEID'S PATIENT SAFETY BOARD CONSULT CONFIRMED WITH THE CUSTOMER THAT THERE WAS NO ASSOCIATED PATIENT HARM OR CHANGE TO PATIENT TREATMENT. RESULTS ARE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SARS-COV-2 RNA. AS PER SECTION 3 OF XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV EUA IFU; POSITIVE RESULTS ARE INDICATIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF SARS-COV-2; CLINICAL CORRELATION WITH PATIENT HISTORY AND OTHER DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION IS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE PATIENT INFECTION STATUS. NOTE FOR SECTION DEVICE EVALUATED BY MANUFACTURER - ANSWER OF NO IS DUE TO THE SINGLE USE OF THE XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV TEST AND THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THAT PRODUCT LOT TO BE RETURNED TO CEPHEID.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

US CUSTOMER CONTACTED CEPHEID TO DISCUSS A PATIENTS RESULTS FOR XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV TESTED ON THE GENEXPERT INSTRUMENT. CUSTOMER COLLECTED SAMPLE 1 PATIENT 1 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 POS/FLU A POS/FLU B POS/RSV POS AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. RETEST 1 PATIENT 1 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 POS/FLU A POS/FLU B POS/RSV POS AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. CUSTOMER COLLECTED SAMPLE 2 PATIENT 1 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 NEG/FLU A NEG/FLU B NEG/RSV NEC AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. SAMPLE 1 PATIENT 2 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 POS/FLU A POS/FLU B POS/RSV POS AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. RETEST 1 PATIENT 2 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 POS/FLU A POS/FLU B POS/RSV POS AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. CUSTOMER COLLECTED SAMPLE 2 PATIENT 2 ON (B)(6) 2021, WHICH WAS TESTED ON XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV. RESULTS WERE RETURNED AS SARS-COV-2 NEG/FLU A NEG/FLU B NEG/RSV NEC AND REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN. REVIEW OF DATA PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF PRODUCT MALFUNCTION AND THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT HARM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1696970 CEPHEID XPERT XPRESS SARS-COV-2/FLU/RSV COVID-19 RT-PCR TEST QJR CEPHEID 1000288952

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown