FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VARIANTNBS WITH GDM 3.1 SOFTWARE

MDR report key: 3458984 · Received October 15, 2013

Report

Report Number
2915274-2013-00010
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 15, 2013
Date of Event
September 13, 2013
Report Date
October 15, 2013
Manufacturer
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES
Product Code
GKA
PMA / PMN Number
K080911
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FOR PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BIO-RAD OBTAINED: BACK UP FROM THE INVESTIGATION'S DATABASE, PUNCH FILE, SUMMARY AND CHORMATOGRAMS OF INITIAL RUN AND REPEAT RUN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2013, A CUSTOMER LOCATED IN (B)(6) WAS USING THE VARIANT NBS SICKLE CELL PROGRAM AND NOTICED THAT A SAMPLE ((B)(6)) APPEARED TWICE ON THE SUMMARY REPORT. WITHIN THE SAME RUN, A SAMPLE RESULT ((B)(6)) SHOWED A FLAT LINE WITH NO PEAKS ON THE CHROMATOGRAM. ON (B)(6) 2013, THE OPERATOR REPEATED THE ENTIRE RUN TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE RESULTS THAT APPEARED TWICE ON THE SUMMARY REPORT AS WELL AS THE FLAT LINE CHROMATOGRAM. THE SUMMARY REPORT FROM THE SECOND RUN CONTAINED NO REPEATED SAMPLES AND ALL CHROMATOGRAMS SHOWED PEAKS (NO FLAT LINES). THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO BIO-RAD LABS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
529356 VARIANTNBS WITH GDM 3.1 SOFTWARE ABNORMAL HEMOGLOBIN QUANTITATION GKA BIO-RAD LABORATORIES

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1