FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROFILE-V

MDR report key: 3091408 · Received April 23, 2013

Report

Report Number
3091408
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 23, 2013
Date of Event
April 22, 2013
Report Date
April 23, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTOX DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
Product Code
DJG
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
UT, US
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

EMERGENCY ROOM PHYICIANS NOTED AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN POSITIVE TOXICOLOGY SCREENS. QUESTIONING THE LAB, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" ON MEDTOX DEVICES USED FOR QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF "DRUGS OF ABUSE" IN HUMAN URINE. AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST OF PATIENTS WITH RESULTING POSITIVE URINE TOX SCREENS USING THE RECALL INVOLVED LOT NUMBERS WAS PRODUCED. FOLLOW-UP WITH PATIENTS AND FAMILY IS IN PROGRESS.MANUFACTURER PROVIDED REPLACEMENT TO ALL AFFECTED LOTS.WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENDED PROCEDURE?URINE TOX SCREENING.DEVICE #1IS THIS A LABORATORY DEVICE OR LABORATORY TEST?YES.THIS PROBLEM INVOLVED: OTHER.IF YOU ANSWERED OTHER TO THE QUESTION ABOVE, PLEASE SPECIFY:PROFILE-V MEDTOX SCAN TEST DEVICES - 13 PANEL.IS THIS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS ASSAY, TEST KIT OR INSTRUMENT?YES.IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO THE QUESTION ABOVE, PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:PHYSICIANS NOTED WHAT APPEARED TO BE ABNORMALLY HIGH POSITIVE TOX SCREENSWHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS DID YOU OBSERVE:QUESTIONABLE PATIENT RESULTS.PLEASE DESCRIBE ANY FOLLOW UP ACTIONS:DISCONTINUED ALL USE OF PRODUCT.MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
173983 PROFILE-V URINE ANALYZER DJG MEDTOX DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 4881 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *