FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACCESS® 2 IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2678276 · Received August 1, 2012

Report

Report Number
2122870-2012-01641
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 1, 2012
Date of Event
July 7, 2012
Report Date
July 7, 2012
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Product Code
JLB
PMA / PMN Number
K922823/A007
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER REPORTED TO BECKMAN COULTER, INC. (BEC) THAT THE ACCESS 2 IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM (ACCESS 2), GENERATED AN ERRONEOUS CK-MB RESULT FOR AN EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENT. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE ERRONEOUS RESULT WAS REPORTED OUT OF THE LABORATORY. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE ERRONEOUS RESULT WAS CORRECTED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY ADVERSE EVENT OR INJURY REQUIRING MEDICAL INTERVENTION OR PATIENT TREATMENT. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THE WASHED PORTION OF THE SYSTEM CHECK FAILED THE FIRST TIME THE INSTRUMENT WAS RAN AND THEN THE SYSTEM CHECK PASSED UPON REPEAT. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT ACCESS CK-MB REAGENT, LOT 123056, AND ACCESS CK-MB CALIBRATOR, LOT 119344, WERE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ACCESS 2 SYSTEM. BEC FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE), NOTED A FEW BUBBLES IN THE PIPETTOR LINE. THE FSE PROACTIVELY REBUILT THE PRECISION AND WASH PUMPS. THE FSE ALSO VERIFIED ALIGNMENTS AND ULTRASONICS. NO ISSUES WERE NOTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACCESS® 2 IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM ANALYZER, CHEMISTRY (PHOTOMETRIC, DISCRETE), FOR CLINICAL USE JLB BECKMAN COULTER, INC. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR