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MalfunctionJIL

COMBUR-9-TEST 50STR.

Received Nov 9, 2021 · Event occurred Oct 12, 2021

Report 1823260-2021-03284 · MDR key 12778042

Device

Generic name

Urine Test Strips

Manufacturer

Roche Diagnostics

Model number

COMBUR 9

Catalog number

04510038191

Lot number

52422101

Product problems

  • False Negative Result
  • False Negative Result

Patient

Unknown

  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE TEST STRIPS WERE REQUESTED FOR INVESTIGATION, HOWEVER, THE CUSTOMER DECLINED TO RETURN THE TEST STRIPS. THE RETENTION MATERIAL OF LOT 52422100 WERE VISUALLY TESTED WITH ERYTHROCYTES AND LEUCOCYTES-DILUTION-SERIES AND 0-NATIVE-URINE. THE RETENTION MATERIAL FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE OBSERVED. THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT IDENTIFY A PRODUCT PROBLEM. THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem

THE INITIAL REPORTER COMPLAINED OF QUESTIONABLE RESULTS FOR 1 PATIENT TESTED WITH COMBUR-9-TEST URINE TEST STRIPS. FOR THE LEUKOCYTES AND ERYTHROCYTES PARAMETERS, THE RESULTS WERE "NOT INDICATED" BUT THE RESULTS FROM THE HOSPITAL WERE "PATHOLOGICAL." THE SPECIFIC RESULTS WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE CUSTOMER DECLINED TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE TEST STRIPS WERE RETURNED. THE MATERIAL SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE OR ABNORMALITIES. THE CUSTOMER'S MATERIAL OF LOT 52422101 WAS CHECKED BY VISUAL FUNCTION WITH AN ERYTHROCYTES-DILUTION-SERIES, AN LEUCOCYTES-DILUTION-SERIES AND 0-NATIVE-URINE. THE CUSTOMER'S MATERIAL FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE OBSERVED.