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A complaint was received, and the customer reported receiving medline premium hcg pregnancy tests that "false positive"; the customer reported "2 false positive pregnancy tests out of this box.Exp date 6/30/2026." at this time, a sample(s) was not received for investigation; investigation included review of recent complaint trends/scar activity for the last three trend reports, and retained devices from the reported lot number were tested with hcg-negative clinical urine samples and qc cut-off positive controls.The complaint was not confirmed; no trends were identified for the specified material number and its corresponding defect type, and no false results were observed during in-house testing.A root cause could not be determined from the available information as the reported issue was not replicated during testing of retained product; the division will continue to monitor trends.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
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