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04618858190 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
False Positive Result (1227)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
06/05/2025
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The cobas e411 disk serial number was (b)(6).Sample material from the patient was requested for further investigation.The investigation is ongoing.
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Event or Problem Description
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There was an allegation of questionable false-positive elecsys toxo igm results from the cobas e411 disk analyzer.Example 1 had an initial result of 1.2 (reactive).The patient was checked in another lab using a different method, and the toxo igm result was negative.Example 2 had an initial result that was reactive.The patient was checked in another lab using the abbott method, and the toxo igm result was negative.No specific data was provided.Example 3 initial result was 1.2 coi (reactive).After high-speed centrifugation, the result was 1.1 coi (reactive).The result from another laboratory using a non-roche method was negative.On (b)(6) 2025, the sample was repeated on a cobas pure analyzer, and the result was 0.94 coi (equivocal).
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Medwatch field b7 other relevant history was updated.Specific data was provided for example 2: the initial toxo igm results were repeatedly reactive (1 - 1.8 coi).The elecsys toxo igm result from a cobas e 402 analyzer was 1.5 coi (reactive).Sample material for example 3 was received for investigation.The customer¿s reactive result with elecsys toxo igm was reproducible and confirmed with a different method (eia).Considering all data, patient 3 likely had a remote infection with toxoplasma gondii, with persisting, detectable levels of toxoplasma igm antibodies.The investigation did not identify a product problem.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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