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On (b)(6) 2016, abbott point of care was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat g3+ cartridges that yielded suspected discrepant pco2 (high), po2 and so2 (low) results on a patient.There was no additional patient information at the time of this report.Return product is not available for investigation.So2 result was 19 ref.Range is 95-98.Po2 result was 18 ref.Range is 80-105.Pco2 result was 85.8 ref.Range is 35-45.Caller mentioned the patient has been retaining high levels of co2.Two results were 33 and 35.The customer stated that they repeated the test with a fresh sample and the pco2 was 73.9 mmhg which is still critically high, po2 was 66 which is low and so2 89 which is also low.At the time of the event there was no indication of a product malfunction based on the information provided and assessed by apoc, however this mdr is a retrospective filing in response to an observation from an fda inspection conducted may 8th to 12th, 2017 at abbott point of care ((b)(4).
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