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On 17-jan-2022, abbott point of care was contacted by a customer regarding act celite cartridges that yielded discrepant results on an 59 year old female patient with inferior stemi and ongoing chest pain.The patient was known to be on meth, had gangrene and their cbc shows high platelets of 464.New information was received 20-jan-2022 providing times and testing that was performed.There was no additional patient information available at the time of this report.Return product is not available for investigation.(b)(6).Per i-stat system manual (art: 714185-00q), the intended use of the i-stat celite activated clotting time (celite act) test is an in vitro diagnostic test that uses fresh, whole blood, and is useful for monitoring patients receiving heparin for treatment of pulmonary embolism or venous thrombosis, and for monitoring anticoagulation therapy in patients undergoing medical procedures such as catheterization, cardiac surgery, surgery, organ transplant, and dialysis.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.An investigation is underway.
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