Description of Event or Problem · 1
THE TECHNOLOGIST OPERATING THE INTEGRA BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT CALCIUM RESULTS ON SEVERAL PATIENTS IN A ROW WERE ELEVATED. QC (BOTH LEVELS) WAS PERFORMED AT THAT TIME; BOTH WERE UNACCEPTABLY HIGH. MORNING QC HAD BEEN FINE. THE REAGENT WAS PULLED OFF THE INSTRUMENT AND A FRESH REAGENT CARTRIDGE WAS LOADED; QC WAS ACCEPTABLE. THE TECHNOLOGIST REPEATED 18 PATIENT SAMPLES AND HAD TO MAKE CORRECTIONS AND NOTIFY PROVIDER OF THE 5 PATIENTS WHOSE RESULT WAS CLINICALLY DIFFERENT. THE ISSUE SEEMED TO OCCUR WHEN THE NUMBER OF TESTS LEFT IN THE CARTRIDGE GOT LOW.====================== MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR CLINICAL LAB CHEMISTRY INSTRUMENT, INTEGRA======================ROCHE HAS SENT US A NEW LOT OF REAGENT. WE HAVE NOT ANY ISSUES WITH THE NEW LOT.