On (b)(6) 2020, abbott point of care was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat pt/inr cartridges that yielded a suspected discrepant pt/inr result of 3.6 on a (b)(6) year old male patient with an irregular heartbeat.There was no additional patient information available at the time of this report.Return product is available for investigation.Method: i-stat, date: 07/17/2020, collected: 1011, resulted: 3.60.Sysmex , 07/17/2020, 1013, 1.40.At this time there is no reason to suspect a malfunction exists.The reporting decision was based on limited information available that suggests the product was not performing within the variability of the assay.The investigation is underway.
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