On (b)(6) 2020, abbott point of care was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat cg8+ cartridges that yielded a suspected discrepant hematocrit result of 48% pcv on a (b)(6) year old male patient.There was no patient information available at the time of this report.The patient was transfused based on the lab result.Return product is available for investigation.Method: lab, date: 07/11/2020, tested: 04:20, hematocrit: 20.7% pcv, hemoglobin: 6.7g/dl.I-stat, 07/11/2020, 04:45, 31% pcv, 10.5g/dl.I-stat, 07/11/2020, 04:50, 48% pcv, 16.3g/dl.There are no injuries associated with this event.At this time there is no reason to suspect a malfunction exists.There were multiple attempts for information but to no avail.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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