| Catalog Number |
03246353001 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Non Reproducible Results (4029)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
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| Date of Event |
08/13/2018
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Na.
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Event or Problem Description
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The customer initially complained about third party qc results for chloride (cl) after changing the electrode on a cobas 6000 c (501) module.Cl electrode lot # v0204 had been installed on (b)(6) 2018 and the customer had no qc issues with this electrode.On (b)(6) 2018 new cl electrode with lot # w9817 was installed.The reference electrode had last been replaced in (b)(6) 2018.Upon replacing the cl electrode, qc results shifted high.On (b)(6) 2018 the customer also questioned results for patients tested for cl.An ise check passed on the day of the event.When the ise's were calibrated, a calibration flag was generated for cl and the value was [-] 10.The tech didn't realize this and ran patient samples.Once the cl results began to show flags for delta checks, the tech stopped running patient samples.The tech re-calibrated and repeated patient samples.The customer provided data for 1 patient sample and the cl results were discrepant.The original cl result was 98 mmol/l.The repeat result was 97.6 mmol/l.After the tech re-calibrated the cl result was 109 mmol/l.The original result had been reported outside of the laboratory.The repeat results after re-calibration were believed to be correct.No adverse event occurred.The c501 module serial number was (b)(4).The customer received new third party qc material the week of (b)(6) 2018 but they continue to have issues.The roche qc material produced results within the acceptable range.The field service engineer (fse) visited the customer site and checked to make sure the electrodes were seated correctly.O-rings were checked.Ise checks x15 were run and all results were acceptable.The customer ran qc and all results were acceptable.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The investigation determined the root cause of the issue was the failed calibration at the customer site.
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