FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

COBAS® AMPLIPREP/COBAS® TAQMAN® HBV TEST, V2.0 CE-IVD

MDR report key: 1917263 · Received December 8, 2010

Report

Report Number
2243471-2010-00045
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 8, 2010
Date of Event
November 7, 2010
Report Date
November 9, 2010
Manufacturer
ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS
Product Code
MKT
PMA / PMN Number
P050028
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE ISSUE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4) -PERFORMANCE TESTS PERFORMED. (B)(4) - CONFIGURATION ISSUE. (B)(4) - DEVICE INCORRECTLY PREPARED FOR USE OR MODIFIED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; DEVICE EVALUATION. URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED. ROCHE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS HAS CONFIRMED AN ISSUE REGARDING LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION OF THE CS1 MAGNETIC GLASS PARTICLES (MGP) REAGENT CASSETTE OF THE COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS TAQMAN (CAP/CTM) HBV V2.0 TEST ON THE COBAS AMPLIPREP INSTRUMENT. THE TEST DEFINITION FILES (TDF) FOR CAP/CTM HBV V2.0 DO NOT HAVE LEVEL DETECTION ACTIVATED FOR THE CS1 (MGP) REAGENT CASSETTE. IN THE EVENT THAT A CS1 REAGENT CASSETTE IS MISASSEMBLED AND NO MGP REAGENT IS PRESENT, IT WOULD NOT BE DETECTED WHEN USING THE CAP/CTM HBV V2.0 TEST. THE LOAD CHECK WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE MISSING REAGENT AND THE RUN WOULD CONTINUE, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PRODUCING ERRONEOUS BUT BELIEVABLE RESULTS. THE FOLLOWING ASSAYS ARE AFFECTED: COBAS AMPLIPREP-COBAS TAQMAN HBV V 2.0 US-IVD, M/N (B)(4). COBAS AMPLIPREP - COBAS TAQMAN HBV V 2.0 CE-IVD, M/N (B)(4). THE MISASSEMBLED REAGENT CASSETTE IS BELIEVED TO BE A SINGLE OCCURRENCE, CAUSED BY HUMAN ERROR. (B)(4). THE TEST DEFINITION FILES FOR THE CAP/CTM HBV V2.0 TEST WILL BE UPDATED WITH LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION FOR THE CS1 REAGENT CASSETTE ACTIVATED. THIS CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL PREVENT THE ISSUE FROM RECURRING. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER FROM (B)(6) FILED A COMPLAINT ALLEGING THAT THE MGP (MAGNETIC GLASS PARTICLE) REAGENT BOTTLE WAS MISPLACED WITHIN CASSETTE 1 (CS1) OF A KIT CAP-G/CTM HBV V2.0 72TESTS CE-IVD (M/N 04894570190; LOT N05553). UNFLAGGED RESULTS WERE GENERATED WITH THIS CASSETTE AND NO ERROR MESSAGES WERE GENERATED EVEN THOUGH THE COBAS AMPLIPREP INSTRUMENT WAS NOT PIPETTING ANY MGP REAGENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 COBAS® AMPLIPREP/COBAS® TAQMAN® HBV TEST, V2.0 CE-IVD HEPATITIS VIRAL B DNA DETECTION MKT ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS N05553

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1