FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VITROS IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS ANTI-HBC REAGENT

MDR report key: 3222592 · Received July 12, 2013

Report

Report Number
3007111389-2013-00133
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 12, 2013
Date of Event
April 10, 2013
Report Date
July 11, 2013
Manufacturer
ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
Product Code
LOM
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AU
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED THAT MULTIPLE, REPRODUCIBLE, UNEXPECTED NEGATIVE VITROS ANTI-HBC RESULTS WERE OBTAINED FROM A SINGLE PATIENT SAMPLE WHILE USING THE VITROS 3600 SYSTEM. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT DETERMINE A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE. AN UNKNOWN SAMPLE INTERFERENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT AN INSTRUMENT OR REAGENT RELATED ISSUE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER OBTAINED MULTIPLE, REPRODUCIBLE, UNEXPECTED NEGATIVE, VITROS (B)(6) RESULTS FOR A SINGLE PATIENT SAMPLE WHILE USING THE VITROS 3600 SYSTEM. THE FOLLOWING RESULTS WERE OBTAINED: PATIENT (VITROS) RESULT = (B)(6). BIASED RESULTS OF THE MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTION OBSERVED MAY LEAD TO INAPPROPRIATE PHYSICIAN ACTION. THE AFFECTED RESULTS WERE NOT REPORTED FROM THE LABORATORY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF HARM TO PATIENT AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THIS REPORT CORRESPONDS TO ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
324284 VITROS IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS ANTI-HBC REAGENT IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC LOM ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS 1855

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1