FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

REAGENT RED BLOOD CELLS BIOTESTCELL 3

MDR report key: 2024208 · Received February 1, 2011

Report

Report Number
9610824-2011-00026
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 1, 2011
Date of Event
January 25, 2011
Report Date
March 2, 2011
Manufacturer
BIO-RAD MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS GMBH
Product Code
KSZ
PMA / PMN Number
125207-08
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER COMPLAINED FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS OF DIFFERENT ANTIBODIES WITH BIOTESTCELL 3. SHE REPORTED THE MISSING OF THE ANTIBODIES DURING A VALIDATION STUDY. THE MISSED ANTIBODIES HAD THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICITIES: 5 X ANTI-E, 2 X ANTI-D, 1 X ANTI-C, 2 X ANTI-K AND 1 X ANTI-JK(A). CUSTOMER SENT US 7 OF THE 11 MISSED ANTIBODIES BUT NOT THE COMPLAINED LOTS OF REAGENT RED BLOOD CELLS BIOTESTCELL 3 (LOT 7051011/DATE OF EVENT (B)(6) 2011, LOT 7051021/DATE OF EVENT (B)(6) 2011, LOT 8103021/DATE OF EVENT (B)(6) 2011 AND LOT 8103021/DATE OF EVENT (B)(6) 2011). THE ANTIBODIES WERE TESTED WITH THE RETENTION SAMPLES OF BIOTESTCELL 3 ON TANGO IN THE QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY AND REACTED NEGATIVELY. FURTHERMORE THE ANTIBODIES WERE TESTED IN THE GEL METHOD: THEY REACTED NEGATIVELY EXCEPT ONE ANTI-D WHICH REACTED WEAKLY POSITIVE. ADDITION TESTS IN ENZYME AND PEG (POLYETHYLENE-GLYCOL) METHOD WERE PERFORMED TO CONFIRM THE WEAKNESS OF THE ANTIBODIES. IN QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY, A STUDY WAS PERFORMED TO CONFIRM THE CORRECT FUNCTION OF AFFECTED LOTS OF REAGENTS. THEREFORE, WEAK ANTIBODIES OF DIFFERENT SPECIFICITIES WERE PROCESSED IN TWOFOLD SERIAL DILUTIONS ON TANGO. ALL POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REACTIONS WERE CORRECT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 REAGENT RED BLOOD CELLS BIOTESTCELL 3 BIOTESTCELL 3 KSZ BIO-RAD MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS GMBH 7051011

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 SOLIDSCREEN II: LOT 7028010| AHG ANTI-IGG SOLIDSCREEN II: LOT 701611003| MLB2: LOT 7951111