2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class II

System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor

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 §866.5775 (Immunology panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#878 of 1000 · 518 reports · 1994–2026

  • BOOK 518 reports
  • RANK #878 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 11 injury-typed
  • MALF 505 malfunction
  • SPAN 1994–2026
  • PEAK 2011: 400
  • PHOTO Total

Nearest event-volume peer: Total, Prostate Specific Antigen (Noncomplexed & Complexed) For Detection Of Prostate Cancer (0 report gap)

System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor sits #878 of 1000 among tracked device types with 518 MAUDE reports spanning 1994–2026. 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

System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor carries 97.5% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 32.7pp 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 2.1% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-28.2 pp)
  • MALF 97.5% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+32.7 pp)

Lead product-problem code False Positive Result is 59% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BECKMAN COULTER, INC. accounts for 59% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 100% of location-tagged rows .

System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor carries 518 MAUDE reports, ranked #878 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 505 (97.5%)
Injury 11 (2.1%)
2 (0.4%)

Patient Outcomes

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

510 (98.5%)
Other 7 (1.4%)
Hospitalization 1 (0.2%)

Top Product Problems

False Positive Result 316
High Test Results 159
Incorrect Or Inadequate Test Results 26
Nonstandard Device 8
Low Test Results 5
Contamination of Device Ingredient or Reagent 4
Device Ingredient or Reagent Problem 3
Insufficient Device Problem Information 3
Non Reproducible Results 2
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 1
Calibration Problem 1
Device Handling Problem 1
Fluid/Blood Leak 1
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings 1
Leak/Splash 1
Output Problem 1
Product Quality Problem 1
Unexpected Therapeutic Results 1

Yearly Trend

94
1994: 1
10
2010: 19
11
2011: 400
12
2012: 91
18
2018: 1
24
2024: 3
25
2025: 2
26
2026: 1

Reports in 2025 (2) held close to the prior two-year average of 2.

Related Entities for System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor

Event Locations

516 (99.6%)
HOSPITAL 1 (0.2%)
I 1 (0.2%)

Compare BECKMAN COULTER, INC. vs BECKMAN COULTER INC. →

Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint

System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor 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 (518 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 System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor 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 System, Test, Rheumatoid Factor; 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.