FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IMMULITE 2000 XPI

MDR report key: 3000402 · Received March 12, 2013

Report

Report Number
2247117-2013-00027
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 12, 2013
Date of Event
January 15, 2013
Report Date
February 13, 2013
Manufacturer
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS
Product Code
LTJ
PMA / PMN Number
P010053/S007
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A SIEMENS GLOBAL PRODUCT SUPPORT (GPS) SPECIALIST EVALUATED THE INSTRUMENT DATA. AFTER EVALUATING THE INSTRUMENT DATA, THE GPS SPECIALIST DID NOT FIND AN INSTRUMENT MALFUNCTION. THE CAUSE OF THE DISCORDANT, FALSELY LOW PSA RESULT IS UNKNOWN. THE INSTRUMENT IS PERFORMING WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. NO FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE DEVICE IS REQUIRED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A DISCORDANT, FALSELY LOW PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA) RESULT WAS OBTAINED ON A PATIENT SAMPLE ON AN IMMULITE 2000 XPI INSTRUMENT. THE DISCORDANT RESULT WAS REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN(S). A NEW SAMPLE FROM THE PATIENT WAS RECEIVED BY THE LABORATORY APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER, AND RESULTED HIGHER. THE LABORATORY RERAN THE INITIAL SAMPLE, AND THE RERUN RESULT WAS HIGHER THAN THE INITIAL RESULT REPORTED. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE CORRECTED RESULT WAS REPORTED TO THE PHYSICIAN(S). THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF PATIENT INTERVENTION OR ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES DUE TO THE DISCORDANT, FALSELY LOW PSA RESULT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
104055 IMMULITE 2000 XPI IMMULITE 2000 XPI LTJ SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS IMMULITE 2000 XPI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1