A siemens field service engineer went on site and completed contamination testing, wash dispense and aspirate testing, cleaned the wash block, completed dispense tests to visually observe proper dispensing, checked the acid and base dispense and adjusted volume to 3 ml, verified proper alignment of reagent probe 3 and adjusted cuvette bottom settings to 2 steps.On another visit, decontamination of the acid and base was performed using cleaning solution.New reservoirs, gaskets and bulk acid and base bottles were installed.Background testing and dark counts testing were performed.The ahbs2 assay was calibrated and qc testing was performed.Calibration and qc passed.Siemens continues to investigate.The interpretation of results section of the instructions for use states: "results should always be interpreted in conjunction with the patient's medical history, clinical presentation, and other findings.".
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Mdr 1219913-2019-00056 was filed reporting an elevated advia centaur xp anti-hbs2 result that did not match the clinical picture of the patient.Additional information - may 23, 2019 while the issue was corrected by performing the acid and base decontamination, the cause of the contamination was not determined.The system is now performing as designed.Root cause of the imprecision with advia centaur xp ahbs2 lot 102 was an issue resolved with normal instrument troubleshooting.Based on the investigation, no product problem was identified.
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