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This report is being filed to provide additional information in b.5, d.4, h.3 and h.10.Investigation: the device history records (dhr) were reviewed for this lot.There were no events noted in the dhr that would have contributed to the elevated wbc count experienced by the customer.Investigation is in process, a follow-up report will be provided.
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This report is being filed to provide additional information in b.5, h.6 and h.11 and corrected information in d.4.Investigation: a review of the device history record (dhr) for this unit showed no irregularities during manufacturing that were relevant to this issue.A photograph was submitted to aid in the investigation.It was indicated by the customer that the photograph is the outside portion of the re-sterilized bmp set.It was confirmed that the set was re-sterilized on ¿29 nov 2023¿ with an updated expiration date of 29 may 2024¿.A serology report was performed on the donor, and it was confirmed that the donor was tested negative for hepatis a antibody and antigen.The customer history report indicates that within the last 90 days from the incident date, no further related issues have been reported for this customer.The expiration date (01 october 2023) for lot 2110255130 was confirmed after review of the certificate of compliance.After further communication with the customer, it was indicated that the expired set was used; however, per the customers response, the use of the expired set did not occur per their local regulations.The customer wrote, ¿the local regulations of our institute enable the sterilization of unopened and unused transfer bags and sets.The bmp processing set was properly sterilized with formaldehyde on apparatus getinge on 29 november 2023, after which it has a shelf life of 6 months, until 29, may 2024.¿ the customer provided a document showing confirmation of the re-sterilization.This document indicated that the unused set was sterilized on 29 november 2023 and that the new expiration date was 29 may 2024.Additionally, the customer provided both a microbiologic report and a translation of the report which indicated that a microbiological examination of the final bone marrow product was conducted, and that aerobic bacteria, anaerobic bacteria, and pathogenic fungi were not isolated.Attempts were made to collect additional information related to the patient/donor and disposition of the collected product; however, the customer indicated that following local regulation, the set was used within the expiry date after re-sterilization, so they cannot complete the form.Correction: the customer was made aware of the issue relating to the use of the expired set.Based on information provided from the customer, they indicated that following local regulation, the set was used within the new expiry date after re-sterilization within their institute.Root cause: a root cause assessment was performed for this complaint.The root cause was determined to be an operator error in which the operator failed to follow the operating instructions for the device.Although the customer indicated that per their local regulations the set was re-sterilized and therefore not expired, the instructions for use paperwork provided with the kits depicts the expiry symbol and provides the following verbiage, ¿indicates the date after which the medical device is not to be used¿.Additionally, within the spectra optia apheresis system operator manual, it is indicated that the operator verifies the tubing set had not expired by checking the expiration date on the cover of the package.
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