FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

VITROS CHEMISTRY PRODUCTS LI SLIDES

MDR report key: 3653652 · Received February 28, 2014

Report

Report Number
1319809-2014-00011
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 28, 2014
Date of Event
December 25, 2013
Report Date
February 28, 2014
Manufacturer
ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
Product Code
JIH
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT A LOWER THAN EXPECTED VITROS LI RESULT WAS OBTAINED FROM A QC FLUID RUN ON A VITROS 250 CHEMISTRY SYSTEM. THE EVALUATION OF HISTORICAL LABORATORY RESULTS DEMONSTRATED THAT REAGENT LOT IN QUESTION HAD GOOD ACCURACY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE EVENT. THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUE WAS ISOLATED TO A SPECIFIC VITROS LI SLIDE CARTRIDGE THAT WAS SUSPECTED TO BE NON-REACTIVE. ACCEPTABLE VITROS LI PERFORMANCE WAS ACHIEVED USING AN ALTERNATE SLIDE CARTRIDGE WITHOUT ANY CHANGES BEING MADE TO THE VITROS 250 CHEMISTRY SYSTEM. THE ASSIGNABLE CAUSE OF THE NON-REACTIVE SLIDE CARTRIDGE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A LOWER THAN EXPECTED VITROS LI RESULT (QC LEVEL II < 0.20 VERSUS EXPECTED 1.09 MMOL/L) WAS OBTAINED FROM A QUALITY CONTROL FLUID PROCESSED ON A VITROS 250 CHEMISTRY SYSTEM. BIASED RESULTS OF THE MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTION OBSERVED MAY LEAD TO INAPPROPRIATE PHYSICIAN ACTION IF PATIENT SAMPLES WERE AFFECTED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT HARM AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THIS REPORT CORRESPONDS TO ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS INC. COMPLAINT NUMBER (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
123420 VITROS CHEMISTRY PRODUCTS LI SLIDES IN-VITRO DOAGNOSTIC JIH ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS 3119-0091-1725

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1