On 12/07/2018, abbott point of care was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat cg4+ cartridges (lot# unk) that yielded suspected discrepant results on an (b)(6) patient with diabetes.The customer stated that the patient was already very critical when admitted and later expired.Cause of death is unknown at the time of this report.There was no additional patient information available at the time of this report.Method, date, result, sample: i-stat, (b)(6) 2018, <0.30 mmol/l, a.Architect, (b)(6) 2018, 11.2 mmol/l, b.Lab, (b)(6) 2018, 10.8 mmol/l, b.There are no injuries associated with this event.At this time there is no reason to suspect a malfunction exists.The reporting decision was based on the limited information available that suggests the product was not performing within the variability of the assay.The investigation is underway.
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