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| Medical Device Problem Code |
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings (1535)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being submitted as part of an fda request regarding supplemental reports that did not have an initial report on file.The initial report was originally submitted as 1950204-2016-00130 in error.A supplemental report for 1950204-2016-00130 has also been submitted to document the error and correction.
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Event or Problem Description
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A customer in (b)(6) contacted biomérieux to report a discrepant organism identification in association with the vitek® 2 anaerobic and corynebacteria (anc) identification (id) test kit.Propionibacterium species was misidentified as atopodium vaginae.Upon obtaining atopodium vaginae result for a male patient, an alternate method of testing (crystal) was employed.The result of propionibacterium agnes (or granuslosum) was obtained.There is no indication or report from the hospital or treating physician to biomérieux that the discrepant result led to any adverse event related to the patient's state of health.Culture submittals have been requested by biomérieux for internal investigation.An internal biomérieux investigation will be initiated.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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