FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INRATIO2

MDR report key: 2480934 · Received March 1, 2012

Report

Report Number
2027969-2012-00252
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 1, 2012
Date of Event
February 1, 2012
Report Date
March 1, 2012
Manufacturer
ALERE SAN DIEGO, INC.
Product Code
GJS
PMA / PMN Number
K072727
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION PENDING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CALLER ALLEGED DISCREPANT INRATIO2 RESULTS ON ONE PATIENT. RESULTS AS FOLLOWS: DATE: (B)(6) 2012, INRATIO: 3.3, RE-TEST: 4.4. TIME BETWEEN TESTING: MINUTES. LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, MORE TESTS WERE PERFORMED. DATE: (B)(6) 2012, INRATIO: 2.8, RE-TEST: 2.6. TIME BETWEEN TEST: MINUTES. LAB INR= >9, >10.2. TWO DIFFERENT LABS TESTED THESE SAMPLES. DATE: (B)(6) 2012, INRATIO: 2.5, LAB: 8.4. DATE: (B)(6) 2012, INRATIO: 2.2, LAB: 6.7. TIME BETWEEN TESTING: UNKNOWN. NURSES USED VENOUS BLOOD ON INRATIO METER AS WELL AS FINGER STICKS. NURSE WAS NOT SURE WHICH TESTING METHOD WAS APPLIED OR WHICH INRATIO METER WAS USED. MULTIPLE DROPS ARE USED, AND IF TWO TESTS ARE PERFORMED BACK TO BACK, THE SAME FINGER STICK SITE IS USED FOR EACH TEST. REFERENCE MDR 202769-2012-00253 AND 00254 FOR OTHER TWO INRATIO METERS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INRATIO2 PROTHROMBIN TIME TEST GJS ALERE SAN DIEGO, INC. 100139 272918

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1