Hologic field application specialist (fas) reported on behalf of customer a contamination event.Customer noticed the number of positives increased from a sars-cov-2 run.Wl# (b)(4) had 59 positives out of 247 samples.Customer used assay lot 317372 on the panther instrument sn (b)(4).Per fas communication with the customer, the positive samples were not reported out.Customer recognized a possible contamination and started cleaning.Customer confirmed that the source of contamination was the laboratory hood.Fas was on-site and helped clean the contaminated areas.The laboratory staff completed environmental swabs and cleaning.No additional contamination was found.
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