On (b)(6) 2018, abbott point of care (apoc) was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat eg6+ cartridges that yielded a suspected discrepant hemoglobin result on a (b)(6) male patient with epigastric pain x 3 days, and vomiting x3 episodes.There was no additional patient information at the time of this report.Return product is not available for investigation.Method, date, time, hct, hgb.I-stat, (b)(6) 2018, unk, 43%, 14.6 g/dl; lab, (b)(6) 2018, 0538, 26.6%, 8.6 g/dl.Collection times are unknown.There are no injuries associated with this event.At this time there is no reason to suspect a malfunction exists.The reporting decision was based on information available that suggests the product was not performing within the variability of the assay.The investigation is underway.
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