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There was an allegation of questionable elecsys vitamin d assay results for 2 patient heparin samples from 1 patient on a cobas e 801 analytical unit.The initial vitamin d result was >120 ng/dl with flag.A 1:2 dilution was performed on the sample and result was 11 ng/ml.The customer performed a 5 repetition precision test on the sample and the results were 108 ng/ml, >120 ng/ml with flag, 115 ng/ml, 53.1 ng/ml, and 97.5 ng/ml.A 1:2 dilution was performed on the sample and another 5 repetition precision test was performed.The results were 9.04 ng/ml, 8.7 ng/ml, 10.8 ng/ml, 8.72 ng/ml, and 7.36 ng/ml.A second tube collected from the same patient at the same time was sent to another laboratory and tested on another analyzer.The result was 11 ng/ml.The other lab's reference range is 30-40 ng/ml.The second sample was also tested four times at the customer site and the results were 46.0 ng/ml, 29.8 ng/ml, 40.8 ng/ml, and 33.1 ng/ml.No questionable results were reported outside of the laboratory.The result from the other laboratory was deemed correct.
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