MAUDE Adverse Event Report: BIOMÉRIEUX INC. BACT/ALERT FA PLUS (PLASTIC) 100 BTLS - 410851

Catalog Number	410851
Medical Device Problem Code	Cross Reactivity (1137)
Health Effect - Clinical Code	No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
Type of Reportable Event	Malfunction
Event or Problem Description
Intended use: bact/alert® fa plus culture bottles are used with bact/alert® microbial detection systems in qualitative procedures for recovery and detection of aerobic and facultative anaerobic (bacteria and yeast) from blood and other normally sterile body fluids.Issue description: a customer in argentina notified biomérieux of false positive serratia marcescens results during bcid2 testing for five patients whose samples were associated with bact/alert fa plus (plastic) 100 btls -ref.410851, lot 0004102408.Global customer service requested patient information, gram stain results, and expected identification.Summary: -- bcid2: not provided but false positive for s.Marcescens.-- gram: unknown.-- sample: positive blood culture.The bact/alert bottle is a qualitative test, detecting the presence or absence of an organism.There is a possibility of the presence of nucleic acids from non-viable microorganisms in the media used in the bact/alert bottles.The presence of nucleic acids from non-viable microorganisms, alone, will not cause the bact/alert bottle to flag as positive for growth as the organism is not viable and cannot grow in the bottle.The physician should use all information available on the patient to interpret the biofire® filmarray® bcid2 panel results accordingly.The presence of contaminating nucleic acid from non-viable microorganisms in the media, not from the patient sample, is a possibility that must be considered when interpreting the biofire® filmarray® bcid2 panel results.

• Brand Name: BACT/ALERT FA PLUS (PLASTIC) 100 BTLS - 410851
• Common Device Name: BACT/ALERT FA PLUS (PLASTIC) 100 BTLS - 410851
• Manufacturer (Section D): BIOMÉRIEUX INC.; durham NC 27712
• Manufacturer (Section G): BIOMÉRIEUX, INC.; 100 rodolphe street; durham NC 27712
• Manufacturer Contact: benjamen jost ; 595 anglum road; hazelwood, MO 63042
• MDR Report Key: 22022309
• Report Number: 3002769706-2025-00023
• Device Sequence Number: 15659402
• Product Code: MDB
• UDI-Device Identifier: 03573026357900
• UDI-Public: 03573026357900
• Combination Product (Y/N): N
• Initial Reporter Country: AR
• PMA/510(K) Number: K121446
• Number of Events Summarized: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Reporter Type: Manufacturer
• Report Source: Foreign,Health Professional,User Facility
• Initial Reporter Occupation: Other Health Care Professional
• Type of Report: Initial
• Report Date (Section B): 05/14/2025

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Operator of Device: Health Professional
• Device Expiration Date: 02/16/2025
• Device Catalogue Number: 410851
• Device Lot Number: 0004102408
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: No
• Is the Reporter a Health Professional?: Yes
• Type of Report(Section G): Thirty-Day
• Initial Date Received by Manufacturer: 04/30/2025
• Initial Report FDA Received Date: 05/14/2025
• Was Device Evaluated by Manufacturer? (Y/N): No
• Is This a Single-Use Device that was Reprocessed and Reused on a Patient? (Y/N): No
• Usage of Device: A
• Patient Sequence Number: 1
• Patient Sex: Unknown