FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AZO

MDR report key: 888616 · Received July 30, 2007

Report

Report Number
MW5003218
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 30, 2007
Date of Event
July 27, 2007
Report Date
July 30, 2007
Manufacturer
AMERIFIT
Product Code
JJW
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN 2007, I PURCHASED AZO TEST STRIPS FOR URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS TO TEST ON MY DAUGHTER, SHE WAS RUNNING A TEMP AND HER DOC THOUGHT SHE MAY HAVE A UTI. WHEN I TESTED HER URINE IT SHOWED POSITIVE, SO I TOOK HER TO AN AFTER HOURS ER WHEN THEY TESTED HER, IT WAS NEGATIVE. WHICH MEANT THE AZO TEST STRIP WAS WRONG, ONCE I GOT HOME, I USED ANOTHER TEST STRIP TO CHECK MY OWN URINE WHICH ALSO SHOWED POSITIVE AND I DO NOT HAVE A UTI, SO I HAD MY HUSBAND USE THE THIRD TEST STRIP TO CHECK HIS AND LOW AND BEHOLD HIS WAS ALSO POSITIVE AND HE DOESN'T HAVE A UTI EITHER. I FEEL THIS COMPANY HAS THESE TEST STRIPS WHICH SHOW POSITIVE EVEN WHEN THEY SHOULD BE NEGATIVE SO THAT CONSUMERS WILL GO BACK AND BUY MORE OF THEIR PRODUCTS. DATES OF USE: ONE DAY IN 2007. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: POSSIBLE UTI.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AZO TEST STRIPS JJW AMERIFIT 5L01E

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 20 MO Other URINARY TRACT INFECTION TEST STRIPS