FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

COAGUCHEK ® XS SYSTEM

MDR report key: 8704885 · Received June 17, 2019

Report

Report Number
1823260-2019-02224
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 17, 2019
Date of Event
May 27, 2019
Report Date
June 17, 2019
Manufacturer
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS
Product Code
GJS
PMA / PMN Number
K062925
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SUSPECT PRODUCT WAS REQUESTED TO BE RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION. REPLACEMENT PRODUCT WAS SENT. THE REPORTER'S METER AND TEST STRIPS WERE PROVIDED FOR INVESTIGATION WHERE THEY WERE TESTED USING RETENTION CONTROLS. TESTING RESULTS (QC RANGE = 2.6 - 4.0 INR): QC 1: 3.0 INR, QC 2: 3.0 INR, QC 3: 3.0 INR. THE OBTAINED QC VALUES WERE IN THE ALLOWED RANGE OF THE USED COMBINATION MASTER LOT STRIP LOT - QC LOT. ALL MEASUREMENTS WERE WITHOUT ERROR MESSAGES. COAGUCHEK USES HUMAN RECOMBINANT THROMBOPLASTIN. THEREFORE, THE COMPARABILITY TO OTHER HUMAN RECOMBINANT THROMBOPLASTINS IS BEST, WHEREAS HIGHER DEVIATIONS CAN OCCUR WITH OTHER THROMBOPLASTINS. HOWEVER, THOSE HIGHER DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THROMBOPLASTINS OF DIFFERENT (RABBIT, BOVINE BASED) ORIGIN ARE NOT A COAGUCHEK SPECIFIC ISSUE. SIMILAR DIFFERENCES CAN BE OBSERVED WHEN A HUMAN RECOMBINANT THROMBOPLASTIN-BASED LABORATORY METHOD IS COMPARED AGAINST SEVERAL OTHER (RABBIT, BOVINE-BASED) LABORATORY METHODS. RELEVANT RETENTION TEST STRIPS (LOT 368886) WERE TESTED IN COMPARISON WITH THE MASTER LOT COAGUCHEK XS PT. FOR THIS PURPOSE, TWO HUMAN BLOOD SAMPLES FROM MARCUMAR DONORS AND TWO INTERNAL REFERENCE METERS WERE USED. RETENTION SAMPLES WERE ACCEPTABLE. NO ERROR MESSAGES OCCURRED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE INITIAL REPORTER RECEIVED A QUESTIONABLE RESULT FROM COAGUCHEK XS METER SERIAL NUMBER (B)(4) COMPARED TO A LABORATORY USING AN UNKNOWN REAGENT. THE RESULT FROM THE METER WAS 6.0 INR AND THE RESULT FROM THE LABORATORY WAS 3.3 INR. THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION OF AN ADVERSE EVENT. THE THERAPEUTIC RANGE WAS 2.0-3.0 INR. THE PATIENT WAS ANEMIC, BUT THE HEMATOCRIT WAS UNKNOWN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
497444 COAGUCHEK ® XS SYSTEM PROTHROMBIN TIME TEST STRIPS GJS ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS NA 36888611

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 69 YR ASPIRIN| CELEXA| CINNAMON| COUMADIN| DIAZEPAM| FENOFIBRATE| LANTUS| LASIX| LEVODOPA| LIPOZENE| LORATADINE| LOVASTATIN| METFORMIN| METOPROLOL| OXYCODONE| VITAMIN D| VITAMIN D| VITAMIN E