FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BD BACTEC¿ MGIT¿ 960 PZA KIT

MDR report key: 22922602 · Received August 29, 2025

Report

Report Number
1119779-2025-04604
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 29, 2025
Date of Event
October 2, 2023
Report Date
July 31, 2025
Manufacturer
BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS)
Product Code
MJA
UDI-DI
00382902451280
PMA / PMN Number
K021582
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

E.1. INITIAL REPORTER PHONE #: (B)(6). E.1. INITIAL REPORTER FAX #: (B)(6). INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: BACTEC MGIT 960 PZA IS MANUFACTURED BY REHYDRATING COMPONENTS IN USP PURIFIED WATER AND MIXED INTO A HOMOGENOUS SOLUTION. THE SOLUTION IS THEN STERILE FILTERED, DISPENSED INTO VIALS AND STOPPERED. THE VIALS ARE LYOPHILIZED, AND CRIMP CAPS ARE APPLIED PER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP). BACTEC MGIT 960 PZA SUPPLEMENT IS MANUFACTURED BY REHYDRATING THE MEDIA COMPONENTS WITH USP PURIFIED WATER AND MIXED UNTIL A HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTION IS OBTAINED. THE SOLUTION IS THEN STERILE FILTERED AND DISPENSED INTO VIALS; STOPPERS ARE MANUALLY PLACED IN THE VIAL OPENING; SEPTUM CAPS ARE MANUALLY PLACED ON TOP OF THE STOPPER AND THEN MECHANICALLY CRIMPED PER SOP. TWO BACTEC MGIT 960 PZA VIALS ARE THEN MANUALLY PACKAGED WITH SIX BACTEC MGIT 960 PZA SUPPLEMENT VIALS TO COMPLETE A BACTEC MGIT 960 PZA KIT (MATERIAL 245128). A TREND FOR PERFORMANCE COMPLAINTS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR 245128 MGIT PZA KIT. BD HAS INITIATED A CAPA (CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE ACTION) TO FORMALLY INVESTIGATE PERFORMANCE ISSUE. HOWEVER, INVESTIGATIONS HAVE NOT FOUND A DEFECT IN THIS KIT BATCH 2161925. FOR THE PERFORMANCE DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS, RETENTION SAMPLES TESTED PER THE STANDARD PERFORMANCE PROCEDURE, WHICH IS ALSO DESCRIBED IN THE IFU (INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, AVAILABLE ON BD.COM/E-LABELING), WERE SATISFACTORY AND HAVE NOT REPLICATED REPORTED FALSE RESISTANCE DEFECTS. NO RETURN SAMPLES WERE RECEIVED FOR INVESTIGATION. A PHOTO WAS PROVIDED SHOWING THE KIT BATCH NUMBER. THE BATCH HISTORY RECORD WAS SATISFACTORY. RETENTION SAMPLES WERE TESTED PER THE STANDARD PERFORMANCE PROCEDURE WHICH IS ALSO DESCRIBED IN THE IFU OR RESERVED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATIONAL TESTING FOR THE CAPA. RETENTION SAMPLE TESTING CONDUCTED FOR COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS HAVE NOT REPLICATED THE REPORTED DEFECT. THIS COMPLAINT CANNOT BE CONFIRMED FOR A PERFORMANCE DEFECT. BD WILL CONTINUE TO TREND COMPLAINTS FOR PERFORMANCE. THIS MDR IS BEING SUBMITTED AS PART OF A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF RECORDS DATING APRIL 2023-2025, UNDER CAPA 11910483.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD BACTEC¿ MGIT¿ 960 PZA KIT, THERE WAS A FALSE RESISTANT RESULT. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2834086 BD BACTEC¿ MGIT¿ 960 PZA KIT SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST POWDERS, ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL MJA BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS) 2161925 00382902451280

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown