FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VITROS CHEMISTRY PRODUCTS PHBR SLIDES

MDR report key: 2082203 · Received May 9, 2011

Report

Report Number
1319809-2011-00010
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 9, 2011
Date of Event
April 10, 2011
Report Date
May 9, 2011
Manufacturer
ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
Product Code
DLZ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED THAT LOWER THAN EXPECTED VITROS PHBR QUALITY CONTROL RESULTS WERE OBTAINED. PERFORMANCE TESTING DETERMINED THAT THE VITROS 5600 SYSTEM WAS MOST LIKELY OPERATING AS EXPECTED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. CALIBRATION OF AN ALTERNATE LOT OF PHBR REAGENT SLIDES RESOLVED THE CUSTOMER ISSUE. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER OBTAINED LOWER THAN EXPECTED VITROS PHBR QUALITY CONTROL RESULTS WHILE USING A VITROS 5600 INTEGRATED SYSTEM (MAS QC LEVEL 2 = 37.42 G/ML VS. EXPECTED RESULT 47.66 G/ML; TDM PV II = 21.51 G/ML VS. EXPECTED RESULT 27.43 G/ML). BIASED RESULTS OF THE DIRECTION AND MAGNITUDE OBSERVED MAY LEAD TO INAPPROPRIATE PHYSICIAN ACTION IF THE EVENT WERE TO RECUR UNDETECTED WITH PATIENT SAMPLES. NO DISCREPANT PHBR PATIENT RESULTS WERE REPORTED TO THE CLINICIAN. THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION OF HARM TO PATIENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER TWO OF TWO MDRS FOR THIS EVENT. TWO 3500A FORMS ARE BEING SUBMITTED FOR THIS EVENT AS TWO DEVICES WERE INVOLVED. (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 VITROS CHEMISTRY PRODUCTS PHBR SLIDES IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC DLZ ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS 2532-0052-4961

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1