On (b)(6) 2023, abbott point of care (apoc) was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat troponin cartridges that yielded a false positive discrepant results on an 81 year old male patient with chest pain.There was no additional patient information at the time of this report.Return product is available for investigation.Method date collected tested result sample i-stat, (b)(6) 2023, 9:18, 9:31, 0.10ng/ml, whole blood.I-stat, (b)(6) 2023 , 11:11, 11:11, 0.20ng/ml, whole blood.I-stat, (b)(6) 2023, 14:30, 14:33, 0.020ng/ml, whole blood.I-stat, (b)(6) 2023, 18:30, 18:37, 0.60ng/ml, whole blood.Siemens, (b)(6) 2023, 23:23, 23:27, 17ng/l, plasma.Positive cut-off value for i-stat troponin test: 0.05ng/ml.At this time there is no reason to suspect a malfunction exists.The reporting decision was based on the limited information available that suggested that product was not performing within the variability.There is no evidence the pateint suffered an mi.The investigation is underway.Per i-stat system manual: art: 715595-00v.Reportable range: 0.00 - 50.00.Reference range: 0.00 - 0.03 (represents the 0 to 97.5% range of results).Reference range: 0.00 - 0.08 (represents the 0 to 99% range of results).
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