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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 investigations could not identify a product problem for four of the events.The cause of these events could not be determined.No follow up/corrective actions were taken for three of these four events.The follow up/corrective action for one of these four events was: calibration and qc were tested and acceptable.The investigations for three of the events are currently ongoing.No devices were returned.This device is not labeled for single use and is not reprocessed or reused.Lot #: asku, serial #s: (b)(4).
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Event or Problem Description
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This report summarizes 7 malfunction events.Erroneous non-reproducible results were generated by 3 cobas 6000 e 601 modules, 3 cobas 8000 e 801 modules, and one cobas 8000 e 602 module.The events involved a total of 7 patients with the following: 7 erroneous results for the elecsys tsh assay.Three patients' ages ranged from 26 to 64 years.There were 2 females and 2 males.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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For one of the pending events, the sample was provided for the investigation.The investigation confirmed the results generated at the customer site.The investigation detected a high biotin concentration in the sample which is a known interference.For the second pending event, the investigation confirmed the results generated at the customer site and no interference factors for tsh were detected.For the third pending event, the sample was provided for the investigation and an interfering factor to a portion of an assay component was detected.This interference is documented in product labeling for the assay.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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