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On (b)(6) 2020, abbott point of care (apoc) was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat troponin cartridges that yielded a suspected discrepant false positive result of 0.130 ng/l on a patient.There was no additional patient information at the time of this report.Return product is not available for investigation.Method date collected tested result (unit): i-stat (b)(6) 2020 2415 2419 0.00 ng/l, i-stat (b)(6) 2020 0332 0337 130 ng/l, i-stat (b)(6) 2020 0655 0701 0.00 ng/l, i-stat (b)(6) 2020 0800 0808 0.00 ng/l.Samples: heparin tube whole blood.At this time there is no reason to suspect a malfunction exists.The reporting decision was based on the limited information available that suggests the product was not performing within the variability of the assay.The investigation is underway.Per i-stat system manual: art: 714258-00t, reportable range: 0.00 - 50.00, reference range: 0.00 - 0.03 (represents the 0 to 97.5% range of results), reference range: 0.00 - 0.08 (represents the 0 to 99% range of results).
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