FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IMMAGE 800 IMMUNOCHEMISTRY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2001944 · Received February 27, 2011

Report

Report Number
2050012-2011-00537
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 27, 2011
Date of Event
January 27, 2011
Report Date
January 27, 2011
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER INC.
Product Code
JQX
PMA / PMN Number
K962294
Removal / Correction Number
Z-2887-2011
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SAMPLE INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. HOWEVER, NO SAMPLE ISSUES WERE NOTED. QC AND CALIBRATION INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. SERVICE WAS NOT DISPATCHED SINCE THIS IS A REAGENT ISSUE. CHANGING REAGENT LOTS HAS RESOLVED THE ISSUE. THIS IS A REAGENT ISSUE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

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Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER CONTACTED BECKMAN COULTER INC. (BCI) IN REGARDS TO AN ERRONEOUS HIGH RHEUMATOID FACTOR RESULTS ON UNKNOWN NUMBER OF PATIENTS GENERATED BY THE IMMAGE 800 IMMUNOCHEMISTRY. THE ERRONEOUS RESULTS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THE LABORATORY. INITIAL PATIENT SAMPLES READINGS WERE BETWEEN 22 AND 26 IU/ML UPON REPEAT USING AN OLDER REAGENT LOWER RESULTS (<20 IU/ML ) WERE OBTAINED. PATIENT TREATMENT WAS NOT IMPACTED SINCE THE CUSTOMER RERAN THESE SAMPLES WITH OLDER REAGENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IMMAGE 800 IMMUNOCHEMISTRY SYSTEM NEPHELOMETER, FOR CLINICAL USE JQX BECKMAN COULTER INC. IMMAGE 800 N/A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1