FDA Device

Roche cobas IT 1000 Product Usage: Intended Use: An electronic device intended to store, retrieve, and process laboratory data.

Hazard

Potential that test results would be assigned to the wrong Patient ID if cobas IT 1000 receives an ADT ADMIT, TRANSFER or MERGE event message that contains a genuine Patient ID (e.g. 999999), which is the same as what has been configured as the Generic Patient ID (999999 by default).

What You Should Do

Remedy

Roche sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated July 31, 2014 via UPS Ground (receipt required) to affected customers. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Customers were instructed to follow the steps provided in the letter to prevent assigning patient results to an incorrect generic patient ID. Please contact the Roche Support Network Customer Support Center at 1-800-440-3638, prompt 5, 24 hours a day, seven days a week if you have questions about the information contained in this UMDC.

Products

Roche cobas IT 1000 Product Usage: Intended Use: An electronic device intended to store, retrieve, and process laboratory data.
Brand
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
UPC
Part Numbers: 04420306001 Serial #'s: 2706, 2724, 2743, 2744, 2745, 2749, 2750, 2751, 2752, 2754, 2755, 2764, 2770, 2771, 2772, 2773, 2774, 2775, 2776, 2780, 2781, 2782, 2783, 2784, 2785, 2789, 2790, 2791, 2792, 2793, 2794, 2795, 2796, 2797, 2798, 2799, 2808, 2814, 2815, 2816, 2818, 2819, 2823, 2824, 2825, 2826, 2828, 2829, 2830, 2831, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2857, 2858, 2859, 2860, 2861, 2862, 2863, 2864, 2865, 2904, 2905, 2906, 2908, 2909, 2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2920, 2921, 2928, 2931, 2932, 2933, 2934, 2935, 2936, 2937, 2938, 2939, 2940, 2941, 2943, 2983, 2984, 2985, 2986, 2987, 2990, 2991, 2992, 2993, 2994, 2995, 2996, 2997, 2998, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3016, 3020, 3021, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3053, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3077, 3079, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, 3086, 3087, 3089, 3090, 3104, 3105, 3106, and 3107.

Units Affected

148 Units