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Device Problem
Low Test Results (2458)
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Patient Problem
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Event Date 07/29/2022 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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A united states customer contacted the siemens customer care center (ccc) to report depressed immulite 2000 xpi om-ma (ca125) diluted results when compared to repeat diluted results on the same instrument.The limitations section of the instructions for use states the following: "for diagnostic purposes, the results obtained from this assay should always be used in combination with the clinical examination, patient medical history, and other findings." siemens continues to investigate.
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Event Description
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The customer observed depressed immulite 2000 xpi om-ma (ca125) diluted results for a patient sample compared to repeat diluted results using the same instrument.The initial result read above assay measuring range (500 u/ml) and onboard dilutions were performed three times with the same sample.Discordant low results were observed with the first set of diluted sample results.The initial diluted results were not reported to the physician(s).There are no reports that treatment was altered or prescribed or adverse health consequences due to the discordant immulite 2000 xpi om-ma (ca125) results.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Siemens filed the initial mdr 1219913-2022-00240 on 09-aug-2022.Additional information 11-aug-2022: siemens healthcare diagnostics has concluded its investigation of a report from an outside the united states customer regarding immulite 2000 xpi om-ma (ca125) depressed diluted results for a patient sample compared to repeat diluted results using the same instrument.Siemens' investigation determined via review of the system log files that the cause of the low dilution recovery results were that a barcode was manually overwritten by the user with the wrong sample id.The immulite 2000 xpi om-ma (ca125) lot 310 is performing as intended.A product performance issue has not been identified.No further evaluation of the device is required.In section h6, the investigation findings and investigation conclusions codes were updated.
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