Basic Information
- Trade Name
- DIASORIN ETI-AB-EBK PLUS ASSAY
- PMA Number
- P990041
- Advisory Committee
- Microbiology
- Decision
- Approved (Withdrawn)
- Decision Code
- APWD
- Decision Date
- March 30, 2001
- Date Received
- July 2, 1999
- Expedited Review
- N
- Docket Number
- 01M-0452
Advisory Committee Statement
APPROVAL FOR THE DIASORIN ETI-AB-EBK PLUS ASSAY. THE DEVICE IS INDICATED FOR: ETI-AB-EBK PLUS IS AN IN VITRO ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY (EIA) INTENDED FOR USE IN THE QUALITATIVE DETECTION OF TOTAL ANTIBODIES TO HEPATITIS B E ANTIGEN (ANTI-HBE) IN HUMAN SERUM OR PLASMA (EDTA, CITRATE OR HEPARIN). THE ETI-AB-EBK PLUS IS INTENDED FOR MANUAL USE AND WITH THE BIOCHEM IMMUNOSYSTEMS LABOTECH/ETI-LAB AUTOMATED INSTRUMENT. THE DETECTION OF ANTI-HBE IS INDICATIVE OF LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS FOR SEROCONVERSION AND PROGRESSION TO HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) CLEARANCE. A REACTIVE TEST IS PRESUMPTIVE LABORATORY EVIDENCE OF HBV SEROCONVERSION. FURTHER HBV SEROLOGICAL MARKER TESTING IS REQUIRED TO DEFINE THE SPECIFIC DISEASE STATE. THE ANTI-HBE ASSAY'S PERFORMANCE HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE MONITORING OF HBV DISEASE OR THERAPY.