FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

INRATIO PT/INR TEST STRIP

MDR report key: 3862872 · Received February 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
2027969-2014-00136
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 19, 2014
Date of Event
January 29, 2014
Report Date
January 29, 2014
Manufacturer
ALERE SAN DIEGO, INC.
Product Code
GJS
PMA / PMN Number
K110212
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT IS INDICATED THAT PRODUCT IS NOT RETURNING FOR EVALUATION. THEREFORE, INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE COMPLETED. CUSTOMER ALSO DID NOT PROVIDE LOT NUMBERS. UNABLE TO PERFORM FURTHER INVESTIGATION WITHOUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. RESULTS OF THE QUERY OF SIMILARLY INCIDENTS IN THE COMPLAINT SYSTEM FOR THIS TREND CODE DID NOT INDICATE A MANUFACTURING ISSUE. ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A PRODUCT DEFICIENCY. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE ISSUE WILL BE SUBJECT TO TRACKING AND TRENDING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CALLER ALLEGED DISCREPANT LOW INRATIO INR RESULT IN COMPARISON TO THE LABORATORY INR RESULT. RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: DATE: (B)(6) 2014, INRATIO INR: 1.6, LABORATORY INR: 4.7. THE TIME BETWEEN TESTING WAS WITHIN THREE (3) HOURS. THERAPEUTIC RANGE WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR THE PATIENT. THERE WAS NO REPORTED ADVERSE PATIENT SEQUELA. THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
104350 INRATIO PT/INR TEST STRIP PROTHROMBIN TIME TEST GJS ALERE SAN DIEGO, INC. 99008G2

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 INRATIO MONITOR| COUMADIN