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On 27-sep-2022, abbott point of care was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat chem8+ cartridges that yielded suspected discrepant hematocrit result of <15% on a 65 year old male patient with hyperkalemia.There was no additional patient information available at the time of this report.(method; collect/tested; time; hgb(mmol/l); hct(% pcv); sample) i-stat 1, (b)(6) 2022, 0:25, <>, <15, a.Beckman, (b)(6) 2022, ni, 9.3, 30.3, a.There are no injuries associated with this event.At this time there is no reason to suspect a malfunction exists.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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