MAUDE Adverse Event Report: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS PRODUCTS, LIMITED IMMULITE 2000 THYROGLOBULIN

Catalog Number L2KTY

Device Problem Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)

Patient Problem No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)

Event Date 03/29/2018

Event Type  malfunction  

Manufacturer Narrative

A siemens customer service engineer (cse) was dispatched to the customer site.The instrument files for the immulite 2000 system were checked and the adjustment and quality control samples were reviewed.There were no problems identified with the instrument.The customer will continue to monitor the instrument.The system is performing within specifications.The cause of the discordant thyroglobulin result(s) is unknown.Siemens is investigating the issue.Mdr 2432235-2018-00187 is being filed for the same event.

Event Description

Discordant results were obtained on a patient sample for the thyroglobulin (tg) assay on an immulite 2000 instrument when using kit lot 357.The sample was run neat with kit lot 353 and the result was high.A new blood draw from the same patient was run on the same instrument using kit lot 357 and the result was lower.The sample was repeated again on a different date (unknown if it was the initial sample or the sample from the new blood draw, or another new blood draw) on the same immulite 2000 instrument and the result was lower.The tg kit lot used to re-run the sample was not provided.The lower results were questioned by the physician(s).All the results were reported to the physician(s).It is unknown which of the results is the expected result on the patient sample.There are no known reports of patient intervention or adverse health consequences to the patient due to the discordant thyroglobulin results.

Manufacturer Narrative

The initial mdr 2432235-2018-00186 was filed on 02-apr-2018.Additional information (24-may-2018): siemens technical support center (tsc) was informed by the customer that they were unable to provide any sample for in-house testing.Headquarters support center (hsc) has determined that interference from biotin is a potential cause but could not be confirmed as there was no sample provided by the customer.The cause of the discordant thyroglobulin result(s) is unknown.

• Brand Name: IMMULITE 2000 THYROGLOBULIN
• Type of Device: IMMULITE 2000 THYROGLOBULIN
• Manufacturer (Section D): SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS PRODUCTS, LIMITED; glyn rhonwy; llanberis, gwynedd ll55 4EL ; UK 4EL
• MDR Report Key: 7469716
• MDR Text Key: 107077338
• Report Number: 2432235-2018-00186
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: MSW
• UDI-Device Identifier: 00630414972084
• UDI-Public: 00630414972084
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: health professional,user faci
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date: 06/05/2018

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Date FDA Received: 04/27/2018
• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Device Operator: Health Professional
• Device Catalogue Number: L2KTY
• Device Lot Number: 357
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Was the Report Sent to FDA?: No
• Date Manufacturer Received: 05/24/2018
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1