2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class I

Gram Negative Identification Panel

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

OpenFDA device adverse-event casebook.

FDA Class I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §866.2660 (Microbiology panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book Gram Negative Identification Panel LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#987 of 1000 · 377 reports · 2000–2026

  • BOOK 377 reports
  • RANK #987 of 1000
  • DEATH 2 death-typed
  • INJ 12 injury-typed
  • MALF 363 malfunction
  • SPAN 2000–2026
  • PEAK 2018: 88
  • PHOTO System

Nearest event-volume peer: System, Test, Vitamin D (2 report gap)

Gram Negative Identification Panel sits #987 of 1000 among tracked device types with 377 MAUDE reports spanning 2000–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →

Malfunction reports run above the device-type norm

Gram Negative Identification Panel carries 96.3% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 31.5pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.5% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.0 pp)
  • INJ 3.2% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-27.1 pp)
  • MALF 96.3% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+31.5 pp)

Lead product-problem code Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings is 50% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BECTON DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS) accounts for 39% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 51% of location-tagged rows .

Gram Negative Identification Panel in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Gram Negative Identification Panel carries 377 MAUDE reports, ranked #987 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Malfunction 363 (96.3%)
Injury 12 (3.2%)
Death 2 (0.5%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

360 (95.2%)
Required Intervention 8 (2.1%)
Other 5 (1.3%)
Death 2 (0.5%)
R 1 (0.3%)
Disability 1 (0.3%)
Hospitalization 1 (0.3%)

Top Product Problems

Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings 192
Incorrect Or Inadequate Test Results 164
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 7
Difficult to Open or Remove Packaging Material 6
Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available 2
False Positive Result 2
Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method 2
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 1
Device Emits Odor 1
False Negative Result 1
Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem 1
Microbial Contamination of Device 1
Other (for use when an appropriate device code cannot be identified) 1
Problem with Software Installation 1
Replace 1

Yearly Trend

00
2000: 1
09
2009: 1
10
2010: 1
11
2011: 1
15
2015: 69
16
2016: 1
17
2017: 77
18
2018: 88
19
2019: 12
21
2021: 3
22
2022: 7
23
2023: 30
24
2024: 34
25
2025: 17
26
2026: 35

Reports fell to 17 in 2025, down from an average of 32 in the two years before.

Related Entities for Gram Negative Identification Panel

Compare BECTON DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS) vs BECKMAN COULTER →

Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Gram Negative Identification Panel: nearest by total report volume and nearest by death-typed count, each floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (377 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (2 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Gram Negative Identification Panel are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Gram Negative Identification Panel; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.