A siemens customer service engineer (cse) was dispatched to the customer site.After evaluation of the instrument and instrument data, the cse found clumpy reagents and a centaur water bottle next to the advia centaur system that was filled with contaminated fluid.The cse asked the customer not to use the system water bottles for waste or any other fluids except deionized water or cleaning solution and to use their reagent grade deionized water containers to fill the system water bottle until the quality of their deionized tap water could be verified.The cse also discovered that the refrigerator that is being used to store the centaur reagents is in a hallway next to a cold garage, and the refrigerator's temperature is not being monitored for the daily minimum and maximum temperatures.The cse discussed the issue with the customer and two digital thermometers were installed in the refrigerator.The cse replaced the luminometer.The customer calibrated all assays and ran quality controls.The customer performed a precision study on thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh), which resulted as expected.Upon follow up, the customer stated the instrument is performing without issues.The cause of the discordant results is unknown.The instrument is performing according to specifications.No further evaluation of the device is required.
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