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220909 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Contamination (1120)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
06/30/2021
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Date of event: unknown.The date received by manufacturer has been used as a default a device evaluation and/or device history review is anticipated, but is not complete.Upon completion, a supplemental report will be filed.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that while using 17 bd bbl¿ lowenstein-jensen medium slants 100 ea.Contamination was observed by the laboratory personnel.There was no indication that results were reported out and there was no report of patient impact.The following information was provided by the initial reporter: "i hereby report that tubes with microbial growth have been detected among the culture media received a few weeks ago.".
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that while using 17 bd bbl¿ lowenstein-jensen medium slants 100 ea.Contamination was observed by the laboratory personnel.There was no indication that results were reported out and there was no report of patient impact.The following information was provided by the initial reporter: "i hereby report that tubes with microbial growth have been detected among the culture media received a few weeks ago.".
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Investigation summary: material 220909 is manufactured by rehydrating the media components with usp purified water and thoroughly mixing until a homogeneous solution is obtained.The tubes are filled, capped, torqued and then labeled by machine per standard operating procedure (sop).The tubes are then packed into trays and loaded onto a slant rack cart.The loaded cart is then run on a set inspissation cycle per sop.Post inspissation, tubes are packaged into final shipping configurations.The batch history record review for batch 0050130 was satisfactory and no notifications were generated during manufacturing and inspection.Filling, torquing and autoclaving processes were within specifications.Qc inspection and testing were satisfactory at time of release.Qc inspection and testing were satisfactory at time of release.The complaint history for this batch was reviewed and no other complaints have been taken on this batch.Retention samples from batch 0050130 were not available for inspection.Two photos were received to assist with the investigation: the first photo shows the front of one partial tube.The batch can be partially seen.The batch can be verified as 0050130.The overall color of the slant is light green to light blue green.The media in the photo does not appear to be contaminated.The media does appear to be poorly mixed.Also noted the cap in this photo cannot be seen.The second photo shows a partial tube.The focus is on the media.The overall color of the slant is light green to light blue green.The media does not appear to be contaminated.However, the appearance of the media does appear to be poorly mixed.No product information can be seen in this photo.The cap in this photo also cannot be seen.No returns were received to assist with the investigation.This complaint cannot be confirmed by the photos provided.Bd will continue to trend complaints for contamination.
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