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On (b)(6) 2023, abbott point of care (apoc) was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat troponin cartridges that yielded a false positive discrepant result of 160 ng/l on a patient.There was no patient information at the time of this report.Method, date, tested, results, sample: i-stat , (b)(6) 2023, 08:00 ,160 ng/l ,heparinized whole blood.Alinity lab, (b)(6) 2023 , 11:30, <5.1 ng/l , heparin plasma.I-stat , (b)(6) 2023 , 12:00, <30 ng/l , heparinized 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 suggested that product was not performing within the variability.There is no evidence the patient suffered an mi.The investigation is underway.Per i-stat system manual: art: 715595-00v.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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