MAUDE data represents reports of adverse events involving medical devices. This maude entry was filed from a health professional,user faci report with the FDA on 2017-04-04 for DIMENSION VISTA 1500 manufactured by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc..
[71712653]
The customer contacted a siemens customer care center (ccc) specialist. The ccc was granted remote access. The ccc reviewed the data provided. The customer's quality control (qc) was in at the time of the event. The ccc did not find any process errors associated with the event. The customer performed patient comparisons on their alternate dimension vista instruments, resulting within the expected clinical range. The ccc performed qc, resulting within range. The ccc performed a full quickcheck, failing for probe leak. The customer reseated the tubing and the ccc performed the reagent prep probe and saw no obvious leaks. The ccc primed the prop probe 30 times and repeated the quickcheck, resulting within specifications. A siemens customer service engineer (cse) was dispatched to the customer's site. The cse replaced the sample probe 2 mixer. The cse aligned the sample probe 2 probe. The cse performed an overmix test, resulting within specifications. The cse performed and quickcheck and qc, resulting within range. The cause of the discordant, falsely elevated total bilirubin results is due to a malfunction of the sample probe 2 mixer. The instrument is performing according to specifications. No further evaluation of the device is required.
Patient Sequence No: 1, Text Type: N, H10
[71712654]
Discordant, falsely elevated total bilirubin results were obtained on patient samples on a dimension vista 1500 instrument. The initial results were reported out to the physician(s). The customer repeated the same samples on an alternate dimension vista instrument, resulting lower. The customer issued corrected reports to the physician(s). There are no known reports of patient intervention or adverse health consequences due to the discordant, falsely elevated total bilirubin results.
Patient Sequence No: 1, Text Type: D, B5
| Report Number | 2517506-2017-00343 |
| MDR Report Key | 6459021 |
| Report Source | HEALTH PROFESSIONAL,USER FACI |
| Date Received | 2017-04-04 |
| Date of Report | 2017-04-04 |
| Date of Event | 2017-03-09 |
| Date Mfgr Received | 2017-03-09 |
| Device Manufacturer Date | 2008-09-24 |
| Date Added to Maude | 2017-04-04 |
| Event Key | 0 |
| Report Source Code | Manufacturer report |
| Manufacturer Link | Y |
| Number of Patients in Event | 0 |
| Adverse Event Flag | 0 |
| Product Problem Flag | 3 |
| Reprocessed and Reused Flag | 3 |
| Health Professional | 3 |
| Initial Report to FDA | 3 |
| Report to FDA | 3 |
| Event Location | 3 |
| Manufacturer Contact | TIMOTHY RICE |
| Manufacturer Street | 511 BENEDICT AVE |
| Manufacturer City | TARRYTOWN NY 10591 |
| Manufacturer Country | US |
| Manufacturer Postal | 10591 |
| Manufacturer Phone | 9145242406 |
| Manufacturer G1 | SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC |
| Manufacturer Street | REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1226181 101 SILVERMINE ROAD |
| Manufacturer City | BROOKFIELD CT 06804 |
| Manufacturer Country | US |
| Manufacturer Postal Code | 06804 |
| Single Use | 3 |
| Previous Use Code | 3 |
| Event Type | 3 |
| Type of Report | 3 |
| Brand Name | DIMENSION VISTA 1500 |
| Generic Name | CLINICAL CHEMISTRY ANALYZER |
| Product Code | MQM |
| Date Received | 2017-04-04 |
| Model Number | DIMENSION VISTA 1500 |
| Operator | HEALTH PROFESSIONAL |
| Device Availability | N |
| Device Eval'ed by Mfgr | N |
| Device Sequence No | 0 |
| Device Event Key | 0 |
| Manufacturer | SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. |
| Manufacturer Address | 500 GBC DRIVE PO BOX 6101 NEWARK DE 197146101 US 197146101 |
| Brand Name | DIMENSION VISTA 1500 |
| Generic Name | CLINICAL CHEMISTRY ANALYZER |
| Product Code | JJE |
| Date Received | 2017-04-04 |
| Model Number | DIMENSION VISTA 1500 |
| Operator | HEALTH PROFESSIONAL |
| Device Availability | N |
| Device Eval'ed by Mfgr | N |
| Device Sequence No | 1 |
| Device Event Key | 0 |
| Manufacturer | SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. |
| Manufacturer Address | 500 GBC DRIVE PO BOX 6101 NEWARK DE 197146101 US 197146101 |
| Patient Number | Treatment | Outcome | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 2017-04-04 |