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MalfunctionCDX

ELECSYS T4 ASSAY

Received Jan 29, 2019

Report 1823260-2019-90071 · MDR key 8285294

Device

Generic name

Radioimmunoassay, Total Thyroxine

Manufacturer

Roche Diagnostics

Model number

T4

Lot number

ASKU

Product problems

  • High Test Results
  • High Test Results

Patient

Not reported

  • No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient
  • No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT IDENTIFY A PRODUCT PROBLEM. AS INSUFFICIENT PATIENT SAMPLE MATERIAL REMAINED, THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, A GENERAL REAGENT ISSUE COULD MOST LIKELY BE EXCLUDED. NO DEVICES WERE RETURNED. THIS DEVICE IS NOT LABELED FOR SINGLE USE AND IS NOT REPROCESSED OR REUSED.

Description of Event or Problem

THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES <NOE>1</NOE> MALFUNCTION EVENTS. ERRONEOUS HIGH ELECSYS T4 ASSAY RESULTS WERE GENERATED. THE EVENTS INVOLVED 1 PATIENT. THE PATIENT'S AGE WAS (B)(6). THE PATIENT'S WEIGHT WAS REQUESTED BUT WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE PATIENT WAS FEMALE. THE PATIENT'S RACE WAS REQUESTED BUT WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE PATIENT'S ETHNICITY WAS REQUESTED BUT WAS NOT PROVIDED.