The investigation has determined that a higher than expected vitros ipth result was obtained from a single patient processed using vitros immunodiagnostic products intact pth reagent lot 1851 on a vitros xt 7600 integrated system.The result was higher than expected when compared to the results obtained for the patient when tested on a roche cobas analyzer.The assignable cause for the higher than expected vitros ipth result was the presence of heterophilic antibodies in the patients sample that are interfering with the vitros ipth assay.Per the vitros ipth instructions for use, limitations of the procedure: heterophilic antibodies in serum or plasma samples may cause interference with immunoassays.Based on acceptable historical quality control results, a vitros ipth reagent performance issue is not a likely contributor to the event.The customer declined to perform any precision testing on the vitros xt 7600 system and gave no indication of any vitros xt 7600 system malfunction.Continual tracking and trending does not indicate a systemic issue with vitros ipth lot 1851.
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