| Catalog Number |
09040765190 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Non Reproducible Results (4029)
|
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
|
| Date of Event |
09/11/2024
|
|
Type of Reportable Event
|
Malfunction
|
|
Event or Problem Description
|
|
There was an allegation of questionable false positive cobas® hcv (192t) results for 2 patient plasma samples tested on the cobas 8800 analyzer.Patient 1 initial result was 2.27e+001 iu/ml (hcv detected).On (b)(6) 2024, the repeat result from a new sample collected (b)(6) 202 was target not detected.On (b)(6) 2024, a new sample was collected and antibody testing for hcv was negative.Patient 2 initial result was 3.30e+001 iu/ml (hcv detected).On (b)(6) 2024, a new sample was collected and antibody testing for hcv was negative.On (b)(6) 2024, a new sample was collected and antibody testing for hcv was negative.On (b)(6) 2024, the repeat result from a new sample collected (b)(6) 2024 was target not detected.The results were reported as indeterminate.
|
| |
|
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
|
|
The cobas 8800 serial number was (b)(6).The investigation is ongoing.
|
| |
|
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
|
|
The investigation did not identify a product problem.This issue was consistent with contamination inadvertently introduced during sample handling or patients with an early acute hcv infection that may be undetected by serology.
|
| |
|
Search Alerts/Recalls
|