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Non Reproducible Results (4029)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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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 investigation is currently ongoing.No devices were returned.This device is not labeled for single use and is not reprocessed or reused.
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Event or Problem Description
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This report summarizes 1 malfunction event.Erroneous non-reproducible results were generated by a cobas 6000 c (501) module.The event involved a total of 1 patient with the following: one erroneous result for the lipc lipase colorimetric assay.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The patient has pancreatic cancer and the sample may have a high protein concentration.Product labeling states "in very rare cases, gammopathy, in particular type igm (waldenström's macroglobulinemia), may cause unreliable results." and "for diagnostic purposes, the results should always be assessed in conjunction with the patient's medical history, clinical examination and other findings".High dilutions can cause a matrix effect which can lead to false high or low results depending on the initial lipase result.The root cause of the issue is the different influence of m proteins on the lipase results from different analyzers using different applications.The issue is related to the patient sample.The investigation did not identify a product problem.
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