The initial reporter stated they received discrepant results for three patient samples tested with the elecsys ft4 assay on a cobas 8000 e 801 module.No incorrect results were reported outside of the laboratory.All samples were repeated on (b)(6) 2021.The reporter stated the issue occurred with a specific shipment of ft4 reagent.Controls were outside of range using this reagent and the reagent packs were found to have bubbles and heavy liquid residues in the lids.The first sample initially resulted in a ft4 value of >100.0 pmol/l, which repeated as 13.3 pmol/l.The second sample initially resulted in a ft4 value of >100.0 pmol/l, which repeated as 14.1 pmol/l.The third sample initially resulted in a ft4 value of >100.0 pmol/l, which repeated as 16.7 pmol/l.The serial number of the e 801 analyzer is (b)(4).
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