| Model Number |
E411 DISK |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
High Test Results (2457)
|
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
|
| Date of Event |
11/11/2021
|
|
Type of Reportable Event
|
Malfunction
|
|
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
|
|
The field service engineer replaced the analyzer's measuring cell.The investigation reviewed the customer's calibration results and the results were lower than expected.The investigation reviewed the customer's qc results and found the qc was inaccurate and imprecise with outliers greater than 3 standard deviations.Also, the customer performed qc at a low frequency.Per product labeling, "controls for the various concentration ranges should be run individually at least once every 24 hours when the test is in use, once per reagent kit, and following each calibration." the investigation is ongoing.
|
| |
|
Event or Problem Description
|
|
The initial reporter received questionable elecsys vitamin d assay results for one patient tested on a cobas e411 disk.The customer confirmed the patient's elecsys vitamin d results were not reported outside the laboratory.On (b)(6) 2021, the customer did not perform qc prior to patient testing.At 11:59, the patient's initial vitamin d result on the e411 disk was 70 ng/ml with a data flag.On (b)(6) 2021, the customer confirmed qc was acceptable.At 15:22, the patient's repeat elecsys vitamin d result was 70 ng/ml with a data flag.On an unknown date, the customer sent the patient's sample to an external laboratory.The patient's sample was tested on a siemens analyzer and the vitamin d result was 26.2 ng/ml.The customer determined the siemens vitamin d result was correct.The vitamin d reagent lot number was 57362001 with an expiration date of 30-sep-2022.
|
| |
|
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
|
|
The customer's sample pre-analytical details were requested but not provided.Based on the provided information, the investigation did not identify a product problem.The cause of the event could not be determined.
|
| |
|
Search Alerts/Recalls
|