The initial reporter stated they received a discrepant result for one patient tested for ionized calcium on the 9180 electrolyte analyzer.On the night of (b)(6) 2020, the reporter stated there were issues with calibration of the 9180 analyzer and a system reagent pack had leaked.Cleaning was performed and the reporter continued to try recalibrating until calibration was successful.The sample initially resulted with an ionized calcium value of 1.52 mg/dl when tested on the 9180 analyzer.The patient had no previous results, so the sample was repeated on an abl 800 gasometer, resulting with an ionized calcium value of 5.04 mg/dl.This value was considered correct and released to the doctor.The ionized calcium electrode lot number and expiration date were requested, but not provided.
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