The customer complained of a false positive nitrite result for 1 patient urine sample tested on a urisys 1100 analyzer.At 2:40 pm, the nitrite result on the analyzer was positive.The nurse practitioner looked at the patient's urine under a microscope and the nitrite was negative.The patient's urine was not sent to the laboratory.There was no allegation of an adverse event.The patient was "stable".She was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection based on the analyzer result.The chemstrip 10 md urine strip lot was 25566401 with an expiration date of 30-nov-2018.The meter and test strips were requested for investigation.The retention material (lot 25566400) was measured on a urisys 1800 with native urine and a nitrite dilution series.The results of the measurements fulfill our requirements.No false positive results were observed.
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