On (b)(6) 2017, abbott point of care (apoc) was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat chem8+, ec8+ cartridges that yielded suspected discrepant results on a patient (dog).Customer reports two unexpected potassium results of > 9 on the same sample.The same sample was then run on the site's catalyst analyzer, k result was 3.2.Site could not retest as the animal was scheduled to be euthanized, however a sample from a different dog was run on both cartridge types and generated expected results.There was no patient information available at the time of this report.Return product is not available for investigation.There are no injuries associated with this event.The result of >9 resulted on two different cartridge types on the same sample.Hemolysis is suspected but not confirmed at this time.Apoc has requested all other tests from both cartridges.The investigation is underway.
|