A customer in (b)(6) notified biomérieux of a false positive cefoxitin screen (oxsf) result for a staphylococcus aureus strain in association with the vitek® 2 ast-p654 test kit (ref.421912, lot 8041158403).The customer stated the associated oxacillin result was susceptible, modified to resistant by aes (advanced expert system¿).Alternate methods (pcr, (b)(6) and (b)(6) screening agar ) were negative.The customer also stated that of 58 staphylococcus aureus isolates tested this week, nine (9) provided false positive oxsf results.Of the nine (9) claims, testing evidence was provided by the customer for only six (6) of the claims, including this complaint.The other five (5) are being documented in separate complaint records.There is no indication or report from the laboratory that the discrepant result led to any adverse event related to the patient's state of health.
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