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The investigation determined that lower than expected vitros ammonia (amon) results were obtained from a vitros liquid performance verifier (lpv) processed using vitros chemistry products amon slides lot: 1020-0267-3612 on a vitros xt 7600 integrated system.The assignable cause of the lower-than-expected vitros amon results is an instrument issue related to ammonia contamination of the microslide incubator.The cause of the ammonia contamination was not determined.The historical quality control (qc) results surrounding the time of the event demonstrated imprecision of the vitros amon assay on both levels of qc fluid.After the customer replaced the cm/rt evaporation caps, there was still slight within-laboratory imprecision observed on qc results, however, not to the magnitude of the timeframe surrounding the time of the event.Additionally, no more lower than expected vitros amon results were observed after the customer changed the cm/rt evaporation caps and the customer verbally acknowledged that they believed replacing the cm/rt evaporation caps resolved their issue.The results of a vitros amon within run precision test performed after cm/rt evaporation caps were replaced were within expectations, verifying that this maintenance action performed by the customer had resolved the issue.
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