FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INRATIO

MDR report key: 1812748 · Received August 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
2027969-2010-01219
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 16, 2010
Date of Event
July 8, 2010
Report Date
August 16, 2010
Manufacturer
ALERE SAN DIEGO, INC.
Product Code
GJS
PMA / PMN Number
K021923
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION PENDING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT SELF TESTED WITH ANTI-PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME BEGAN USING INRATIO IN (B)(6) 2009. PT HAD AN INRATIO RESULT OF 2.3 ON (B)(6) 2010, THEN DID NOT USE INRATIO METER FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. PT'S TARGET THERAPEUTIC RANGE IS 3.0-3.5. PT WENT TO HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2010 NOT FEELING WELL. LAB RESULTS WERE INR=1.04. MULTIPLE CLOTS WERE FOUND IN PT'S LUNG. PT WAS HOSPITALIZED AND TREATED WITH COUMADIN AND LOVENOX. PT BEGAN USING INRATIO METER AGAIN. PT REPORTS DISCREPANT RESULTS: DATE: (B)(6) 2010, INRATIO: 4.4, LAB: 2.1; DATE: (B)(6) 2010, INRATIO: 5.8, LAB: 3.1; DATE: (B)(6) 2010, INRATIO: 5.0; DATE: (B)(6) 2010, INRATIO: 6.1; DATE: (B)(6) 2010, INRATIO: 3.4; DATE: (B)(6) 2010, INRATIO: 6.5; DATE: (B)(6) 2010, INRATIO: 3.7, MD METER: 2.7 (USING BLOOD FROM FINGERSTICK COLLECTED IN A GLASS TUBE BY RN).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INRATIO PROTHROMBIN TIME TEST GJS ALERE SAN DIEGO, INC. 100071 175LN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other