There was an allegation of power issues with the coaguchek xs meter where it would not turn on.Due to the power issues, the patient was not able to test for some time.Information concerning the last time the patient was able to test using the meter was requested, but it was not known.On (b)(6) 2021, the patient was having shortness of breath and chest pain.The patient had received a flu shot earlier in the day so she went to the er.The result from the hospital laboratory using an unknown reagent was reportedly 6.0 inr.The patient was admitted to the hospital and was reportedly treated with vitamin k.The patient's current condition was provided as "better".The therapeutic range and testing frequency were requested but were not provided.The serial number of the meter was requested but was not provided.Examples of additional information requested but not provided at this time include: patient age, indication for anticoagulation, therapeutic range, medical history, all medications, information related to the hospitalization, changes to anticoagulation drug dosage, infection or reported fever, diagnostics performed in the hospital, the last five inr results from the meter before the event.
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