| Model Number |
IMMULITE 2000 XPI - E2 |
| 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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| Date of Event |
01/08/2020
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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 urgent medical device correction (umdc) imc20-01.A.Us was sent to us customers and an urgent field safety notice (ufsn) imc20-01.A.Ous was sent to ous customers in february 2020.The umdc and ufsn advise customers of the potential for high discordant estradiol results in some samples on the immulite systems.Siemens healthineers has determined kit lots 501 and above released in july 2018 for the immulite systems are potentially affected.The umdc instructs us customers to discontinue use of and discard estradiol kits currently in their inventory.Customers will also be asked to do a look back if the impacted estradiol kit lots were used to assess the menopausal status of a female while determining therapy for hormone receptor positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer.The ufsn instructs ous customers to review the letter with their medical director to consider if a retrospective review of patient samples is necessary.Customer will also be instructed to not use any current inventory in their laboratory on patient samples used to assess menopausal status while determining therapy for hormone receptor positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer.These samples will need to be tested using an alternate methodology.Customers may continue to use the kits currently in their inventory and report results on other patient populations.Additionally, if a discordant high result for estradiol is suspected, customers are advised to follow their established internal procedures to investigate the issue.
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Event or Problem Description
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Discordant, falsely elevated estradiol (e2) results were obtained using an immulite 2000 xpi.The initial results were not reported to the physician(s).The repeat results in automated serial dilution of the same sample on the same immulite 2000 xpi were lower.Additional repeat results using an alternate non-siemens method were considered correct and reported to the physician(s).There are no known reports of patient intervention or adverse health consequences due to the discordant, falsely elevated e2 results.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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