FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACCESS ACCUTNI+3 REAGENT

MDR report key: 4490380 · Received February 6, 2015

Report

Report Number
2122870-2015-00090
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 6, 2015
Date of Event
January 11, 2015
Report Date
January 13, 2015
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER
Product Code
MMI
PMA / PMN Number
K121790
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UPON ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THE CUSTOMER'S UNICEL DXI 600 ACCESS IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM WAS INACCURATELY REPORTED TO BECKMAN COULTER (BEC). THE SERIAL NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. THE CUSTOMER'S SITE HAS TWO UNICEL DXI 600 IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEMS (900984 AND 900983). IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, BEC WILL UPDATE WITH FOLLOW-UP REPORTS.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CUSTOMER DID NOT PROVIDE PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS: AGE, DATE OF BIRTH, SEX OR WEIGHT. THE CUSTOMER DID NOT SUPPLY THE ACCESS ACCUTNI+3 REAGENT LOT NUMBER, EXPIRATION DATE OR DATE OF MANUFACTURE. THE ACCUTNI+3 REAGENT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THE CAUSE OF THE NON-REPRODUCIBLE ELEVATED ACCESS ACCUTNI+3 RESULTS CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION. BECKMAN COULTER (BEC) INTERNAL PATIENT IDENTIFIER FOR THIS REPORT IS (B)(4). ALL MDRS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT ARE: 2122870-2015-00078, 2122870-2015-00079, 2122870-2015-00080, 2122870-2015-00081, 2122870-2015-00082, 2122870-2015-00083, 2122870-2015-00084, 2122870-2015-00085, 2122870-2015-00086, 2122870-2015-00087, 2122870-2015-00088, 2122870-2015-00089, 2122870-2015-00090, 2122870-2015-00091.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED NON-REPRODUCIBLE ELEVATED TROPONIN I (ACCESS ACCUTNI+3) RESULTS ON THEIR UNICEL DXI 600 ACCESS IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM (SERIAL NUMBER UNKNOWN).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED NON-REPRODUCIBLE ELEVATED TROPONIN I (ACCESS ACCUTNI+3) RESULTS ON THEIR UNICEL DXI 600 ACCESS IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM (SERIAL NUMBER (B)(4)) FOR A TOTAL OF TWENTY SEVEN PATIENTS OCCURRING ACROSS 14 DAYS. THIS REPORT ADDRESSES ONE ELEVATED PATIENT RESULT OBTAINED ON (B)(6) 2015. THE INITIAL ELEVATED PATIENT RESULT WAS ABOVE THE CUSTOMER'S NORMAL REFERENCE RANGE. THIS ELEVATED RESULT WAS NOT RELEASED FROM THE LABORATORY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT INJURY OR CHANGE IN PATIENT TREATMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. PER THE LABORATORY'S REPEAT PROTOCOL, ANY RESULT OBTAINED ABOVE THE NORMAL REFERENCE RANGE, IS ALIQUOTED, CENTRIFUGED AND REANALYZED IN DUPLICATE. THE PATIENT SAMPLE WAS REANALYZED IN DUPLICATE ON THE SAME UNICEL DXI 600 ACCESS IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM AND RECOVERED WITHIN THE CUSTOMER'S NORMAL REFERENCE RANGE. THE REANALYZED, LOWER RESULT WAS RELEASED FROM THE LABORATORY. SECTION H10 REFERENCES MDRS CREATED FOR THE ADDITIONAL PATIENT RESULTS AND EVENT DATES. CALIBRATION, SYSTEM CHECK, AND QUALITY CONTROL (QC) DATA WAS NOT SUPPLIED. THE CUSTOMER DID STATE THAT QC HAS BEEN PERFORMING WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. THE SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED IN LITHIUM HEPARIN PLASMA TUBES. CENTRIFUGATION SPEED, TEMPERATURE AND TIME WERE NOT SUPPLIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
88701 ACCESS ACCUTNI+3 REAGENT IMMUNOASSAY METHOD, TROPONIN SUBUNIT, PRODUCT CODE MMI MMI BECKMAN COULTER NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1