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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 of >9.0 on a (b)(6) year old male patient presented for cardiac surgery.Nurse stated that due to k results of >9.0 mmol/l, patient was given 5 unit of insulin and amp of d50.The patient was transferred to (b)(6) hospital, and the k result there was 4.0 mmol/l (test time: unknown).There was no additional patient information available at the time of this report.Return product is not available for investigation.Method: i-stat, date: 08-oct-2019, tested: 08:25, result: >9.0 mmol/l.I-stat, 08-oct-2019, 08:xx, >9.0 mmol/l.Lab, 08-oct-2019, unk, 4.0 mmol/l.Collection times not provided.Lab collection and test 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 limited information available that suggests the product was not performing within the variability of the assay.The investigation is underway.
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