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Written by: Hu Jiaxin
2019-12-11 21:28
Last updated: 2019-12-11 21:28The Hospital Authority announced today that it received a notification from Abbott Hong Kong last Thursday (Abbott Architect Reaction Vessels) that several batches of its test equipment (Abbott Architect Reaction Vessels) had the potential risk of high readings or false positive results. The authority stated that the following day, emergency conferences had been held with representatives of the relevant clinical departments and laboratories of the hospital network, and other instruments and components were immediately transferred. The testing work involved was identified, and the impact of potential potential deviations was initially assessed. The HA said that since last year, the batch of instrument components has been used, involving laboratory work in the hematology, biochemistry and microbiology disciplines.
The Hospital Authority announced today that it received a notification from Abbott Hong Kong last Thursday (Abbott Architect Reaction Vessels) that several batches of its test equipment (Abbott Architect Reaction Vessels) had the potential risk of high readings or false positive results. (Profile picture)
Initial assessment does not cause substantial harm to patient treatment
A spokesman for the Hospital Authority said that preliminary assessments suggested that the deviations were unlikely to cause direct physical harm to patients and there were immediate and serious safety risks.
The spokesman said that, in general, when considering treatment options, healthcare professionals will repeat tests on patients to verify positive test results. If individual test readings are too high, medical staff will also refer to other test results of patients and clinical symptoms to diagnose the condition. Since the hospital will only use blood or organs with negative test results, the incident will not affect the safety of the person receiving the blood transfusion or organ.
The HA stated that it had met with Abbott representatives to express its concern about its product recall arrangements, and asked the company to provide the cause of the incident and the possible deviation of the readings as soon as possible, provide more specific information, and recommend remedial measures, and advised The company requested measures from overseas medical institutions to respond to the incident.
The public hospital's laboratory team will further review the patient's information to determine the impact of the event on the patient's clinical situation according to the latest data provided by the supplier. If necessary, they will directly contact the relevant patient to arrange follow-up.
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