Discordant, falsely elevated prothrombin time (pt) results, discordant, falsely elevated pt international normalized ratio (inr) results, and discordant, falsely low pt % results were obtained on 3 patient samples on the sysmex cs-2100i system.It is unknown if the discordant results were reported the physician(s).The same samples were rerun on an alternate system, sysmex ca-660 system, using the same reagent lot, and the same system, resulting in lower pt results and pt inr results and higher pt% results.It is unknown if the repeated results were reported to the physician(s).There are no known reports of patient intervention or adverse health consequences due to the discordant, falsely elevated pt results, discordant, falsely elevated pt inr results, and discordant, falsely low pt % results.
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Siemens healthcare diagnostics (siemens) filed the initial mdr 9610806-2017-00154 on 28-dec-2017.Additional information (18-jan-2018): a siemens headquarters support center (hsc) specialist investigated the sysmex cs-2100i system's backup files and determined that the system was functioning according to specifications.The hsc specialist also determined that maintenance was regularly performed on the system, quality controls (qcs) were within expected ranges at the time of the event, and that the system correctly inspected the affected kinetics.A pre-analytical issue potentially contributed to the discordant results.Additional information (23-jan-2018): sysmex is the legal manufacturer of the sysmex cs-2100i system.Since the operator did not provide the malfunctioned lamp for further investigation and the age of the bulb is unknown, sysmex determined that the lifetime of the bulb was potentially exceeded.This potentially contributed to the discordant results.The cause of the event is unknown.The system and reagent are performing according to specifications.No further evaluation of this system or reagent is required.Mdr 9610806-2017-00153_s1 was filed for the same event.
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