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SUSCEPTIBILITY CARD

Received Mar 4, 1994

Report MW1000960 · MDR key 11841

Device

Generic name

Vitek Susceptibility Cards

Product problems

  • False Positive Result
  • False Reading From Device Non-Compliance

Patient

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Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

THE CARDS ARE USED BY THE MICROBIOLOGY LAB. THE CARDS TEST FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE ORGANISM TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THE ANTIBIOTIC. IN 10/93, THE DRUG CEFAZOLIN WAS DEMONSTRATED AS BEING SENSITIVE TO THE ORGANISM, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA. THEORETICALLY, THIS FIRST GENERATION CEPHALOSPORIN, CEFAZOLIN, IS NOT SENSITIVE TO THIS ORGANSIM.