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The investigation has determined that lower than expected glucose (glu) and acetaminophen (acet) results were obtained from a non-vitros biorad quality control processed using vitros chemistry products glu slides lot 0034-3244-1334, vitros chemistry products acet slides lot 2917-0076-0072 on a vitros 5600 integrated system.The assignable cause of the lower than expected biorad lot 45980 level 3 vitros glu result of <20 mg/dl and biorad lot 45980 level 3 vitros acet result of <10 ug/ml is an instrument related issue.The customer stated that the laboratory had been atypically warm on the date of the event.Additionally, the following condition codes were obtained on the vitros 5600 system at the time of the event: pw8-034: slide read %d greater than reference read %d u90-351: response below spline range id: %s assay: %s the customer replaced the humidity and desiccant packs on the vitros 5600 system as well as the reflectometer lamp.In addition, the customer performed correction factors.Following the maintenance actions, quality control results for the vitros assays returned to expectations.The cause of the lower than expected biorad level 3 vitros glu result of 109.92 mg/dl obtained on 26 september 2024 is unknown.The customer obtained an acceptable repeat result less than an hour later.A sample fluid mix-up is a possible cause of the event, however, the customer did not confirm that a mix-up had occurred.Qc results from prior to the 26 september 2024 event were within expectations indicating that a vitros glu reagent lot 0034-3244-1334 or vitros 5600 system related issue were not likely contributors to the event.However, an individual slide related issue cannot be entirely ruled out as a contributor of the event.Continual tracking and trending of complaint data has not identified any signals to suggest there is a systemic quality issue with vitros glu reagent lot 0034-3244-1334.
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