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This report summarizes malfunction events.A review of the events indicated that three (3) patient sample tests using the echo v2 automated blood bank system produced unexpected negative results for specific antibodies and for rh typing expectations.The results represent false negatives due to prior patient histories or, testing completed by other methods that demonstrated the presence of the specific antibodies.The malfunction did not show positive results as expected for the anti-e antibody and the anti-k antibody on one (1) occasion when using the capture r ready id reagent.The malfunction did not show produce rh typing results as expected on two (2) occasions.Subsequent testing of reagent retention lots, reviews of design history records and reagent antigen validation testing of the initial bulk product used for commercial vialing showed acceptable results.Through post event tests and investigations, no specific causes were determined for the malfunctions.
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