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MalfunctionCIT

ASTL ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE - PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE ACTIVATED

Received Jul 26, 2019

Report 1823260-2019-90167 · MDR key 8830157

Device

Generic name

Nadh Oxidation/nad Reduction, Ast/sgot

Manufacturer

Roche Diagnostics

Model number

AST

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 DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE PATIENT SAMPLE AS THE PRESENCE OF MACRO AST WAS DETECTED IN THE SAMPLE AFTER PRECIPITATION WITH POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG). THERE WERE NO FOLLOW UP ACTIONS. 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 EVENT. DISCREPANT LOW RESULTS WERE GENERATED BY A COBAS 6000 C (501) MODULE. THE EVENTS INVOLVED A TOTAL OF 1 PATIENT WITH THE FOLLOWING: THREE SAMPLES WITH ERRONEOUS RESULTS FOR ASTL ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE ACC. TO IFCC WITHOUT PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE ACTIVATION.