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The customer reported falsely elevated alinity i stat high sensitivity troponin i results generated on the alinity i processing module for an 81-year-old male patient.No treatment was administered, and the elevated results were not released from the laboratory.The following information was provided (male reference range: < 50 ng/l): sample id: (b)(6).On (b)(6) 2026: the initial alinity i troponin i result was 713.8 ng/l.The patient was transferred to a sister hospital, where troponin testing was performed on the siemens atellica platform, yielding 6.9 ng/l and 7.2 ng/l.The original sample was retested on a second alinity i analyzer (b)(6), producing a troponin i result of 781.98 ng/l.On 17 feb 2026, both the original sample and a new sample from the same patient were reevaluated on the alinity i platform, with results again exceeding 600 ng/l.The original sample was also tested on the i stat system, which generated a troponin i value of 7.2 ng/l.The customer additionally tested the sample collected at the sister hospital, which produced another result above 600 ng/l on the alinity i system.Overall, the elevated troponin i values obtained from the alinity i analyzers did not correlate with the patient¿s clinical presentation.There was no impact to patient management reported.
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