FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

1062336-2016-00002

MDR report key: 5686010 · Received May 27, 2016

Report

Report Number
1062336-2016-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 27, 2016
Date of Event
April 30, 2016
Report Date
May 27, 2016
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NE, US
Reporter Occupation
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SUREPATH® PRESERVATIVE FLUID IS DESIGNED FOR USE WITH THE PREPSTAIN® SYSTEM. SUREPATH® PRESERVATIVE FLUID IS AN ALCOHOL-BASED, PRESERVATION SOLUTION THAT SERVES AS A TRANSPORT, PRESERVATIVE AND ANTIBACTERIAL MEDIUM FOR GYNECOLOGIC SPECIMENS. BD QUALITY HAS INVESTIGATED THE COMPLIANT OF PAP RESULT REVIEW WITH PRODUCT 490527 SUREPATH® PRESERVATIVE FLUID COLLECTION VIAL. QUALITY PERFORMED A PRODUCT NONCONFORMANCE REVIEW AND DETERMINED THAT ALL PRODUCTS WERE WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. A COMPLAINT HISTORY REVIEW FOUND ZERO (0) PREVIOUS REPORTS FOR FALSE NEGATIVES RELATED TO SUREPATH® PRESERVATIVE FLUID COLLECTION VIAL. NO RETURN MATERIALS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE CUSTOMER. AN ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF THE SLIDES BY CYTOLOGISTS AND PATHOLOGISTS AT THE CUSTOMER SITE CONFIRMED THAT THE SLIDES WERE NEGATIVE. THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT CONFIRMED. QUALITY WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK AND MONITOR FOR TRENDS. DEVICE NOT RETURNED TO MANUFACTURER

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT REPORTED WITH VISIBLE LESIONS BUT RECEIVED NEGATIVE PAP AND (B)(6) TEST RESULTS. A CERVICAL BIOPSY WAS PERFORMED RESULTING IN A DIAGNOSIS OF INVASIVE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA. A SECOND (B)(6) TEST WAS PERFORMED FOLLOWING THE BIOPSY AND WAS ALSO NEGATIVE. A REVIEW OF HER SLIDE BY MULTIPLE CYTOLOGISTS AND PATHOLOGISTS CONFIRMED IT AS NEGATIVE.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Life Threatening