The investigation has determined that a non-reproducible, lower than expected glucose (glu) result was obtained from a single patient sample processed using vitros chemistry products glu slides lot 0023-3233-9322 on a vitros 5600 integrated system.A definitive assignable cause of the event could not be determined.Based on acceptable historical quality control results, a vitros glu lot 0023-3233-9322 performance issue is not a likely contributor to the event.Precision testing was within ortho acceptable guidelines, indicating that an issue related to the performance of the vitros 5600 system was not a likely contributing factor of the event.The customer is not following the collection device manufacturers recommended protocol, therefore it is possible that improper pre-analytical sample processing contributed to the event.It is possible that cellular debris, due to poor sample preparation, was present in the affected sample, although this could not be confirmed.Additionally, sample mix-up is not a likely contributor to the event as it was confirmed that sample viscosities, pressure profiles, and indices values were similar/identical between the sample runs.Continual tracking and trending of complaint data has not identified any signals to suggest there is a systemic quality issue with vitros glu reagent lot 0023-3233-9322.
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