The customer received a questionable high elecsys afp assay result for one patient sample from cobas 8000 (e602) serial number (b)(4).The initial result with a dilution was 1,603,000 ng/ml.The result from a centaur analyzer was 800 ng/ml.The sample was submitted for investigation as the customer suspected a nonspecific reaction.With an unknown roche analyzer, the high result was reproduced at 991,700 ng/ml with a 1:1000 dilution.The results with lumipulse and fuji-rebio methods were >50,000 ng/ml.Information concerning if any erroneous result was reported outside the laboratory was requested but it was unknown.The patient was not adversely affected.
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