The investigation has determined that a non-reproducible, lower than expected glucose (glu) result was obtained from a single patient sample processed using vitros chemistry products glu slides lot 0019-3227-0206 on a vitros 4600 chemistry system.A definitive assignable cause of the event could not be determined.Based on historical quality control results, a vitros glu lot 0019-3227-0206 performance issue cannot be ruled out as a contributor to the event.As no precision testing was performed on the vitros 4600 chemistry system, an instrument related issue cannot be entirely ruled out as a contributor of the event.However, there was no indication that the analyzer malfunctioned, and historical qc results were precise indicating that an issue related to the performance of the vitros 4600 system was not a likely contributing factor of the event.Pre-analytical sample processing could not be ruled out as a contributing factor as it is unknown if the customer was following the sample collection device manufacturer¿s recommended centrifugation protocol.Improper pre-analytical sample handling could have contributed to the event.It is possible that cellular debris, due to poor sample preparation, was present in the affected sample, although this could not be confirmed.Continual tracking and trending of complaint data has not identified any signals to suggest there is a systemic quality issue with vitros glu reagent lot 0019-3227-0206.
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