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The investigation determined that a lower than expected vitros digoxin (dgxn) result was obtained from a single level of non-vitros biorad control, lot 853620 using vitros dgxn slide lot 1933-0269-9252, tested on a vitros 5600 integrated system.The most likely assignable cause of the event is unknown.A review of non-vitros biorad quality control results obtained using vitros dgxn slide lot 1933-0269-9252 indicated there was within-lab imprecision within the timeframe of the event.Therefore, a performance issue with vitros dgxn slide lot 1933-0269-9252 cannot be ruled out as contributing to the event.However, continual tracking and trending of complaints has not identified any signals that would point to a potential systemic issue with vitros dgxn slide lot 1933-0269-9252.The customer made no indication the vitros 5600 system was not performing as intended, however, since no diagnostic within-run precision testing performed to assess the performance of the instrument an analyzer related performance issue cannot be completely ruled out as contributing to the event.No information was provide concerning the customer's sample handling protocol for the biorad quality control fluids, therefore, improper sample handling protocol cannot be ruled out as contributing to the event.
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