FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ELECSYS HIV COMBI PT

MDR report key: 23124521 · Received September 23, 2025

Report

Report Number
1823260-2025-03460
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 23, 2025
Date of Event
April 28, 2021
Report Date
September 23, 2025
Manufacturer
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS
Product Code
MZF
PMA / PMN Number
BP160050
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SP
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE REPORTED EVENT OCCURRED ON A COBAS E 602 ANALYZER (SERIAL NUMBER: (B)(6). THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE ELECSYS HIV COMBI PT ASSAY PERFORMED WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. A REVIEW OF CALIBRATION AND QUALITY CONTROL DATA CONFIRMED THAT ALL RESULTS WERE WITHIN EXPECTED RANGES. FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE PATIENT SAMPLE INDICATED REACTIVITY TO ONE HIV-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN ONLY, WHICH STRONGLY SUGGESTS A FALSE REACTIVE RESULT. THE ROOT CAUSE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A SAMPLE-SPECIFIC DISCREPANCY, AS FALSE REACTIVE RESULTS MAY OCCUR WITH THIS ASSAY.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

THE INITIAL REPORTER ALLEGED A DISCREPANT REACTIVE RESULT FOR ONE PATIENT SAMPLE TESTED WITH THE HIV COMBI PT ELECSYS COBAS E 100 V2 ASSAY ON THE COBAS 8000 CORE UNIT. THE PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF REACTIVE RESULTS WITH THE HIV COMBI PT ASSAY, INCLUDING RESULTS OF 330.8 COI (REACTIVE) ON (B)(6) 2020, 314.5 COI (REACTIVE) ON (B)(6) 2020, AND 312 COI (REACTIVE) ON (B)(6) 2020. HIV VIRAL LOAD TESTING ON (B)(6) 2020 AND PROVIRAL DNA TESTING ON (B)(6) 2020 WERE NEGATIVE. SUBSEQUENT RESULTS INCLUDED 278 COI (REACTIVE) ON (B)(6) 2021, 253 COI (REACTIVE) ON (B)(6) 2021, AND 237 COI (REACTIVE) ON (B)(6) 2021 USING THE ELECSYS HIV DUO ASSAY. RAPID TESTS, INCLUDING ICT BIORAD AND ICT ALERE, CONSISTENTLY YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR BOTH HIV-1 AND HIV-2 ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES. THE MOST RECENT SAMPLE TESTED WITH THE HIV COMBI PT ASSAY PRODUCED RESULTS OF 278.6 COI (REACTIVE) ON (B)(6) 2021 AND 253.9 COI (REACTIVE) ON (B)(6) 2021. THESE RESULTS WERE CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR REACTIVE FINDINGS FOR THIS PATIENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
196675 ELECSYS HIV COMBI PT HIV DETECTION TEST MZF ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS 513552

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown