Customer did not use the aia-360 instrument for 1.5 weeks.Customer had primed the analyzer.The instrument was decontaminated on 23mar2020.The assays that customer had reported are 27.29 and cea.Both had high patient sample recovery.Both were sent to (b)(6) for high confirmation and results were as follows: on the tosoh 360 it was high and on (b)(6) it was low; the low results were expected.27.29 recovered 248/3.Cea recovered 7.5/1.2.Samples were collected in sst tubes but poured off into a transfer tube and run the same day as collected.The high results did not impact patient treatment so there was no change in treatment or even a report to the patient.The account sent the high results out to an independent lab to be confirmed.Both are high sandwich assays.# 27.29: cup lot: j819106, calibrator lot: j739087, calibration date: 4-28-20, cal rates 1 and 6, rate 1=0.541, 0.529+, 0.518, rate 6 = 73.64, 66.72, 72.34.Quality control (qc).Bio rad (br) 54671 = 26.18 tosoh target range mean (ttrm) = 24.09 range 16.06-31.32.Br 54672 - 77.16 ttrm= 60.09 range 42.06-78.2.27.29 br qc 54672 was at the upper end of the range.# cea: cup lot jx10622.Cal lot jx30125.Calibration date: 4-28-20.Cal rates 1 and 2.Cal rate 1 = 0.49.Cal rate 2 = 69.98 - qctr was lower at 56.9 so high cal rate might be high.Quality controls (qc).Br 40381= 2.7 ttrm= 2.7 range 1.9-3.5.Br 40382= 16.7 ttrm= 18.8 range 13.2-24.4.Br 40383 = 35.5 ttrm = 40 range 28.0-52.0.The technical support specialist (tss) sent new calibrator lots to recalibrate assays after a decontamination with 20% decontamination solution of the wash, diluent and substrate ii lines, then recalibrate the assays, repeat controls.The tss followed up with the customer after the decontamination and additional priming of the substrate line.The customer calibrated and ran qc.The qc ran with no errors and were within published ranges.This was not a control issue, this was an analyzer issue.Decontamination, additional priming and calibration resolved the issue.
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