FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DATALINK

MDR report key: 385741 · Received March 26, 2002

Report

Report Number
2050012-2002-00004
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 26, 2002
Date of Event
February 26, 2002
Report Date
March 22, 2002
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Product Code
JOP
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER COMPLAINT STATES THAT THE DATALINK DATA MANAGER COMBINED ARCHIVED TESTS RESULTS FROM DIFFERENT PATIENTS WHEN AN ARCHIVED RESULT WAS PRINTED. FIELD SERVICE PERSONNEL COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE EVENT DESCRIBED. NO TREATMENT HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS EVENT, HOWEVER WHEN RESULTS FROM ONE PATIENT ARE ADDED TO A DIFFERENT PATIENT'S REPORT, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR INAPPROPRIATE TREATMENT TO BE INITIATED. SINCE THE BECKMAN COULTER DATALINK SYSTEM CAN NOT BE POSITIVELY RULED OUT AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS EVENT, BECKMAN COULTER BELIEVES THIS EVENT MEETS THE REPORTING CRITERIA OF 21 CFR 803.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DATALINK DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM JOP BECKMAN COULTER, INC. DATALINK NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Other