2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class II

Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System

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 II (moderate risk, special controls required), regulated under 21 CFR §862.2570 (Clinical Chemistry panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#429 of 1000 · 2,746 reports · 2011–2026

  • BOOK 2,746 reports
  • RANK #429 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 23 injury-typed
  • MALF 2,717 malfunction
  • SPAN 2011–2026
  • PEAK 2022: 874
  • PHOTO Prosthesis, Penile

Nearest event-volume peer: Prosthesis, Penile (8 report gap)

Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System sits #429 of 1000 among tracked device types with 2,746 MAUDE reports spanning 2011–2026. 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

Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System carries 98.9% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 34.1pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 0.8% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-29.5 pp)
  • MALF 98.9% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+34.1 pp)

Lead product-problem code False Positive Result is 44% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS) accounts for 86% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 92% of location-tagged rows .

Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System carries 2,746 MAUDE reports, ranked #429 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 2,717 (98.9%)
Injury 23 (0.8%)
3 (0.1%)
Other 3 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

2,600 (95.3%)
Other 102 (3.7%)
Required Intervention 20 (0.7%)
Hospitalization 5 (0.2%)

Top Product Problems

False Positive Result 1,212
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings 339
Program or Algorithm Execution Problem 316
Fluid/Blood Leak 257
Device Dislodged or Dislocated 194
False Negative Result 143
Unable to Obtain Readings 80
Mechanical Problem 58
Structural Problem 56
No Apparent Adverse Event 22
Smoking 22
Human-Device Interface Problem 11
Break 8
Sparking 7
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 6
Defective Device 6
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 6
Temperature Problem 6
Detachment of Device or Device Component 5
Leak/Splash 5

Yearly Trend

11
2011: 5
12
2012: 3
13
2013: 1
14
2014: 5
15
2015: 1
16
2016: 3
19
2019: 2
20
2020: 134
21
2021: 324
22
2022: 874
23
2023: 220
24
2024: 328
25
2025: 533
26
2026: 313

Reports rose to 533 in 2025, up from an average of 274 in the two years before - a recent-year increase, not a lifetime pattern.

Related Entities for Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System

Event Locations

2,515 (91.6%)
I 230 (8.4%)
NO INFORMATION 1 (0.0%)

Compare BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. (SPARKS) vs BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. →

Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint

Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (2,746 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System 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 Real Time Nucleic Acid Amplification System; 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.