There was an allegation of questionable creatinine kinase (ck) results for one patient from two cobas 501 analyzers.Different samples from the same child, taken a few hours apart, had differences in ck values of thousands of iu.At 16.00 pm, sample 1 tested on analyzer serial number (b)(6) had a result of greater than 5000 iu.The repeat result with a dilution was 5800 iu.The same sample was tested with a dilution on analyzer serial number (b)(6) and the result was 6000 iu.Sample 2 was drawn at 22.00 pm and was tested on analyzer serial number (b)(6) with a result of 70 iu.This sample was then tested on analyzer serial number (b)(6) with a result of 68 iu.On (b)(6) 2023, the customer retested the same samples.Sample 1 result from analyzer serial number (b)(6) with a dilution was 5894 iu.Sample 1 result from analyzer serial number (b)(6) with a dilution was 6000 iu.The result for sample 2 using analyzer serial number (b)(6) was 70 iu.The result for sample 2 using analyzer serial number (b)(6) was 68 iu.The result from a third sample drawn from the patient and tested on analyzer serial number (b)(6) was 67 iu.
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