A discordant, falsely elevated troponin result was obtained on a redraw sample (sample id: (b)(6)) of one patient on an advia centaur xp instrument.The discordant result was not reported to the physician(s), as a previous sample obtained from the patient (b)(6) was questioned and resulted lower on multiple repeats.The redraw sample was repeated four times on an advia centaur instrument, resulting lower.The corrected result was reported to the physician(s).There are no reports of patient intervention or adverse health consequences due to the discordant, falsely elevated troponin result.
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