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A discordant, falsely elevated prothrombin time (pt) result and a discordant, falsely elevated pt international normalized ratio (inr) result were obtained on a patient sample on the sysmex ca-660 system.The discordant results were reported to the physician, who questioned the results.The patient was sent to the emergency room (er), where the patient's blood was redrawn and run on the same system, resulting lower.The repeated results were provided to the physician.The original sample was also rerun on the same system, resulting lower than the initial results.There are no known reports of patient intervention or adverse health consequences due to the discordant, falsely elevated results.
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