FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

NBCS-NATIONAL BIOMEDICAL COMPUTER SYSTEM

MDR report key: 370741 · Received January 8, 2002

Report

Report Number
1124939-2002-00001
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 8, 2002
Date of Event
December 10, 2001
Report Date
January 8, 2002
Manufacturer
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
Product Code
MMH
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PROBLEM WITH THE NATIONAL BIOMEDICAL COMPUTER SYSTEM (NBCS) POTENTIAL MATCH REPORT IDENTIFIED AS HAVING BEEN INTRODUCED IN VERSION 1.5.0. THE POTENTIAL MATCH REPORT FUNCTIONALITY WAS FIRST INTRODUCED WITH THE RELEASE OF NBCS VERSION 1.4.6A BUT NBCS VERSIONS EARLIER THAN 1.5.0 ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WITH NBCS VERSION 1.5.0 WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN EARLY DECEMBER 2001 WHILE PERFORMING REGRESSION TESTING OF NBCS 1.5.1 DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF THAT SOFTWARE PATCH, SIP 1630. THIS SIP, WHICH WAS INTENDED TO FIX A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PROBLEM, WAS FIRST APPLIED TO NBCS 1.5.0 AS INDICATED ABOVE, THE PROBLEM WITH VERSION 1.5.0 WAS NOT IDENTIFIED UNTIL THE NBCS 1.5.1 DEVELOPMENT PHASE TESTING HAD OCCURRED. IN 2001, A POTENTIAL HAZARD MEETING WAS HELD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 NBCS-NATIONAL BIOMEDICAL COMPUTER SYSTEM SOFTWARE, BLOOD-BANK (STAND ALONE PRODUCTS) MMH AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS NA 1.5.0

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Other