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03L79-31 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
High Test Results (2457)
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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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An evaluation is in process.A follow-up report will be submitted when the evaluation is complete.Patient information: no further patient information was provided.
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Event or Problem Description
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The customer reported falsely elevated architect calcium results for a (b)(6) year old female patient.The sample generated architect results of 3.09, 3.96 and 3.17 mmol/l.The sample was retested on the mindray bs-2000m and generated normal results of 2.71 and 2.74 mmol/l.The sample was recentrifuged and retested on the architect generating 2.53 and 2.60 mmol/l.No impact to patient management was reported.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Architect c1600 was corrected to architect c16000.Review of complaint activity for reagent lot 15805un17 identified other complaints related to erratic results.However, tracking and trending report review for the architect calcium assay determined that there were no related trends.Review of the complaint text and results associated with the questioned sample found consistent results were obtained after the sample was re-centrifuged and controls were in range.Manufacturing documentation for the likely cause lot did not identify any issues associated with the complaint issue.Additionally, labeling was reviewed and sufficiently addresses the customer's issue.No systemic issue or deficiency of the architect calcium assay was identified.
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