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On 15-mar-2022, abbott point of care was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat eg7+ cartridges that yielded a suspected discrepant potassium result of 5.0 mmol/l on a 72 year old female patient in a coma, and end-stage chronic renal failure.There was no additional patient information available at the time of this report.Return product is not available for investigation.Method, date, collected, tested, results, sample; i-stat, (b)(6) 2022, 10:10, 10:14, 5.0 mmol/l, a; lab, (b)(6) 2022, 09:28, 10:28, 6.8 mmol/l, b.At this time there is no reason to suspect a malfunction exists.The reporting decision was based on information available that suggests the product was not performing within the variability of the assay.The investigation is underway.
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