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On (b)(6) 2019, abbott point of care was contacted by a customer regarding i-stat e3+ cartridges that yielded a suspected discrepant potassium results on a patient scheduled forearm surgery.There was no patient information available at the time of this report.Return product is available for investigation.Method: i-stat, date: 08/23/2019, collected: 10:30, tested: 10:32, result: 8.9 mmol/l, sample: a.Cobas, 08/23/2019, 11:09, 11:27, 4.2 mmol/l, b.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 limited information available that suggests the product was not performing within the variability of the assay.The investigation is underway.
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