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Low Test Results (2458)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
05/07/2025
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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An outside united states (ous) customer contacted the siemens healthcare diagnostics remote services center (rsc) regarding two erroneously depressed calcium_2 (ca_2) results on two (2) patient samples obtained on an atellica ch 930 analyzer.Siemens is investigating the event.
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Event or Problem Description
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The customer reported to siemens erroneously depressed calcium_2 (ca_2) results obtained on two (2) patients on an atellica ch 930 analyzer.The erroneously depressed patient results were reported to the physician(s) and questioned.The same samples were reprocessed on alternate atellica ch 930 analyzers.Higher results were obtained, considered correct and reported to the physician.There are no known reports of patient intervention or adverse health consequences due to the erroneously depressed calcium_2 (ca_2) patient results.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Additional information (10-jul-2025): siemens healthcare diagnostics service operations support (sos) concluded the investigation of the event.Sos reviewed the information provided by the customer and the data from the instrument.No reagent or instrument issues were identified.Quality control (qc) recovered within the customer's laboratory ranges at the time of the event.Sos reviewed the calibration data for ca 2 on atellica ch 930 analyzer and observed variability for the c1 calibration coefficient across the different calibration events.The customer performed a new calibration prior to repeat testing which produced acceptable results.Based on the available information, the cause of the event maybe due to inconsistent reconstitution/handling of the calibrator material.A potential product issue was not identified.The customer is operational.The device is performing within specifications.No further evaluation is required.In section h6, the investigation finding and investigation conclusion codes were updated.Initial mdr 2432235-2025-00155 was filed on 18-jun-2025.
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