Model Number DADE ACTIN FSL ACTIVATED PTT REAGENT |
Device Problem
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings (1535)
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Patient Problem
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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Event Date 09/18/2018 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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A customer contacted a siemens customer care center (ccc) and indicated that they obtained a discordant activated partial thromboplastin time (aptt) result on a patient sample using the dade actin fsl activated ptt reagent.As per siemens' instructions, the customer performed a precision study using quality controls, resulting acceptably.Siemens investigated the instrument files and observed that the samples were flagged with err 128 (early reaction error) and err 004 (analysis time over) and discordant results were only obtained for this patient.The sysmex ca-1500 system advises customers that an abnormal reaction was detected at the initial stage of the coagulation because of a reagent problem and to check the coagulation curve, increase the maximum detection time and check the status of the sample and reagent for re-analysis when these errors are triggered during sample analysis.Quality controls (qcs) recovered within lab ranges on the day of the event.The customer suspected that the samples were contaminated.Siemens further investigated the event and determined that there were no mechanical or analysis errors, indicating there were no system malfunctions.Siemens concluded that the cause of the discordant, falsely low aptt result was sample specific and was potentially caused by pre-analytical factors.The system and reagent are performing according to specifications.No further evaluation of these devices is required.Mdr 9610806-2018-00105 was filed for the same issue.
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Event Description
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A low activated partial thromboplastin time (aptt) result of 30 seconds was obtained on one patient sample using the dade actin fsl activated ptt reagent on a sysmex ca-1500 system.The initial result was reported to the physician(s).The following day, one of the samples from the patient and a new redrawn sample were rerun on the same system and on an alternate sysmex ca-1500 system using the same reagents, from the same lot, resulting higher.One of the repeat results was reported, as the correct results, to the physician(s).There are no known reports of patient intervention or adverse health consequences due to the previously obtained aptt results.
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