FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

2432235-2016-00095

MDR report key: 5463527 · Received February 26, 2016

Report

Report Number
2432235-2016-00095
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
February 26, 2016
Date of Event
February 8, 2016
Report Date
June 17, 2016
PMA / PMN Number
K051693
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. (SIEMENS) FILED THE INITIAL MDR (2432235-2016-00095) ON FEBRUARY 26, 2016. JUNE 6, 2016, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: SIEMENS CONCLUDED THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE TWO BLOOD FILM SLIDES BEING MISLABELED ON THE ADVIA AUTOSLIDE SYSTEM AND COULD NOT CONFIRM THE COMPLAINT. THE CUSTOMER COULD NOT PROVIDE THE GLASS SLIDES THAT WERE PRODUCED BY THE ADVIA AUTOSLIDE SYSTEM NOR COULD THEY PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LOG FILES FOR THE INVESTIGATION. A SIEMENS' FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER VISITED THE CUSTOMER SITE AND DID NOT FIND ANY ISSUES WITH THE ADVIA AUTOSLIDE SYSTEM. THE CAUSE OF THE TWO BLOOD FILM SLIDES BEING MISLABELED ON THE ADVIA AUTOSLIDE SYSTEM IS UNKNOWN. THE INSTRUMENT IS PERFORMING ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS. NO FURTHER EVALUATION OF THIS DEVICE IS REQUIRED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.'S INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE ADVIA 2120I WITH DUAL ASPIRATE AUTOSAMPLER INSTRUMENT DID PRODUCE AN ERROR MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE CREATION OF THE BLOOD FILM SLIDES BY THE ADVIA AUTOSLIDE SYSTEM. SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. IS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE TWO BLOOD FILM SLIDES BEING MISLABELED ON THE ADVIA AUTOSLIDE SYSTEM.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

TWO BLOOD FILM SLIDES WERE MISLABELED WHEN CREATED ON THE ADVIA AUTOSLIDE SYSTEM. THE MORPHOLOGY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BLOOD FILM SLIDES LABELED WITH SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION (SID) NUMBERS (B)(6) DID NOT MATCH THE RESPECTIVE COMPLETE BLOOD COUNTS (CBC) PRODUCED BY THE ADVIA 2120I WITH DUAL ASPIRATE AUTOSAMPLER INSTRUMENT. THE MORPHOLOGY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BLOOD FILM SLIDE SID (B)(6) MATCHED THE CBC FOR SID (B)(6) AND THE MORPHOLOGY CHARACTERISTICS OF SID (B)(6) MATCHED THE CBC FOR SID (B)(6). NO ERRONEOUS RESULTS WERE RELEASED TO THE PHYSICIAN(S). THERE ARE NO KNOWN REPORTS OF PATIENT INTERVENTION OR ADVERSE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES DUE TO THE MISLABELED SLIDES PRODUCED BY THE ADVIA AUTOSLIDE SYSTEM.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1