FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INSTRUMENT MANAGER SOFTWARE

MDR report key: 21777830 · Received April 4, 2025

Report

Report Number
1225673-2025-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 4, 2025
Date of Event
March 6, 2025
Report Date
April 4, 2025
Manufacturer
DATA INNOVATIONS LLC
Product Code
JQP
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

A COLLABORATIVE INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED BY DATA INNOVATIONS LLC (MANUFACTURER) AND THE USER FACILITY. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT TWO RULES (USER FACILITY PROGRAMMED LOGIC) IN INSTRUMENT MANAGER DID NOT FIRE AS EXPECTED FOR A SINGLE SPECIMEN. ONE RULE IS INTENDED TO CHANGE A NUMERICAL INTERPRETED RESULT VALUE FROM QUANTITATIVE TO QUALITATIVE AND THE SECOND RULE IS INTENDED TO SUPPRESS COMMENTS (E.G. REMOVE TEST AND SPECIMEN COMMENTS SO THEY ARE NOT SENT TO THE LIS WITH THE RESULT). WHEN THE RESULT CAME INTO THE LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM (LIS), THE RESULT WAS A NUMERIC VALUE WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A VALUE OF DETECTED OR NOT DETECTED, AND THE TEST RESULT RELEASED TO THE PATIENT CHART WAS A BLANK VALUE. THE TEST RESULTS WERE THEN VERBALLY READ TO THE PROVIDER. THE RESULT MESSAGE WAS RESENT AGAIN FROM THE LABORATORY INSTRUMENT TO THE LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM (LIS) AND THE RULES FIRED AS EXPECTED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. DATA INNOVATIONS HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECREATE THE ISSUE AND THEREFORE HAS NOT YET DETERMINED IF THIS WAS A MALFUNCTION OF INSTRUMENT MANAGER SOFTWARE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

A FACILITY REPORTED ON 06 MARCH 2025 THAT FOR A FLU/COVID/RSV TEST PANEL, TWO RULES (USER FACILITY PROGRAMMED LOGIC) INTENDED TO CHANGE INTERPRETED RESULT VALUES FROM QUANTITATIVE (E.G. NUMERICAL VALUE) TO QUALITATIVE VALUE (E.G. DETECTED/NOT DETECTED) AND TO REMOVE CERTAIN COMMENTS FROM BEING REPORTED WITH THE RESULT DID NOT FIRE AS EXPECTED FOR A SINGLE SPECIMEN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
716464 INSTRUMENT MANAGER SOFTWARE CALCULATOR/DATA PROCESSING MODULE, FOR CLINICAL USE JQP DATA INNOVATIONS LLC 8.17.20

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown