The customer complained of questionable nitrite, protein, leukocytes, and erythrocytes results for one patient urine sample on a urisys 1100 urine analyzer.Of the data provided by the nurse, only the results for the nitrite were a reportable malfunction for 2 patient urine samples.For patient 1 the nitrite result from the meter was negative and the visual result was positive.On (b)(6) 2018 for patient 2, the nitrite result from the meter was negative and the visual result was positive.The nurse did not trust results from the meter.The treatment of antibiotics for both patients was based on the visual results.Neither patient was harmed due to the erroneous results.There was no allegation of an adverse event.The calibration and qc were acceptable.The chemstrip 10 md urine strip lot was 25566401 with an expiration date of 30-nov-2018.The suspect meter and strips were requested to be returned for investigation.
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