FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNICEL® DXI 800 ACCESS® IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3405533 · Received October 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2122870-2013-00815
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 11, 2013
Date of Event
June 7, 2013
Report Date
September 13, 2013
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER
Product Code
JJE
PMA / PMN Number
K023764
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BECKMAN COULTER UPLOADED A NEW ASSAY PROTOCOL FILE (APF) ONTO THE CUSTOMER'S DXI INSTRUMENT TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE FLYERS OBTAINED BY THE CUSTOMER WERE LIKELY DUE TO MISALIGNED PIPETTORS, AND THE NEW APF VERSION OF THE GI MONITOR WHICH WAS UPLOADED ONTO THE CUSTOMER'S DXI MIGHT HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUE. THE CUSTOMER HAS NOT REPORTED A RECURRENCE OF THIS ISSUE AS OF (B)(4) 2013. ALL ASSOCIATED MEDWATCH REPORTS RELATED TO THIS EVENT: 2122870-2013-00815; 2122870-2013-00837; 2122870-2013-00838; 2122870-2013-00839; 2122870-2013-00840; 2122870-2013-00841; 2122870-2013-00847; 2122870-2013-00848; 2122870-2013-00849; 2122870-2013-00850. DEVICE EVAL: DATA ANALYSIS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED OBTAINING ACCESS GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) MONITOR FLYERS, FOR MULTIPLE PATIENT AND QUALITY CONTROL (QC) SAMPLES, OVER SEVERAL DAYS, INVOLVING THE UNICEL DXI 800 ACCESS IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM. THE CUSTOMER PROVIDED DATA FOR ANALYSIS AND BECKMAN COULTER NOTED SEVERAL GI MONITOR QC FLYERS WHICH WERE FLAGGED WITH QCF FLAGS, INDICATING THAT THE RESULTS VIOLATED ONE OR MORE QC RULES. AN ANALYSIS OF THE DATA INDICATED THAT FLYERS WERE OBTAINED ON MULTIPLE GI MONITOR REAGENT PACK LOT NUMBERS AND ON VARIOUS REAGENT PACK POSITIONS. THE FLYERS WERE OBSERVED WITH THREE PIPETTORS BUT MAINLY WITH PIPETTOR #3. BECKMAN COULTER NOTED THAT THIS ISSUE IS SIMILAR TO ISSUES ENCOUNTERED WITH MISALIGNED PIPETTORS. THE CUSTOMER HAS PROVIDED MULTIPLE PATIENT SAMPLE RESULTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT RESULTS WERE NOT REPORTED OUT OF THE LABORATORY AND THERE WAS NO CHANGE OR AFFECT TO PATIENT TREATMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THIS EVENT. THIS REPORT REFERENCES THE EVENT WHICH OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2013. ACCESS GI MONITOR REAGENT PART NUMBER 387687 WAS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INSTRUMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
524499 UNICEL® DXI 800 ACCESS® IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM ANALYZER, CHEMISTRY (PHOTOMETRIC, DISCRETE), FOR CLINICAL USE JJE BECKMAN COULTER NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1