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INITIAL FIELD REPORTS RECEIVED IN 1/99 SUGGESTED LOW CONTROL RECOVERIES OF THE ACS:180 THEOPHYLLINE ASSAY RESULTING IN AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. INITIAL STUDIES WERE INCONCLUSIVE. SUBSEQUENT INTERNAL TESTING REPORTED IN APRIL 1999 INDICATED THAT CERTAIN ACS:180 ASSAYS WHEN RUN IN RANDOM ACCESS WITH ACS:180 THEOPHYLLINE CAUSED DEPRESSED THEOPHYLLINE VALUES. THE SHIFT IN VALUES CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: ASSAY - CKMB, EFFECT ON THEO - -5 TO -10%; ASSAY - DIGOXIN, EFFECT ON THEO - -3% TO -10%; ASSAY - PRGE, EFFECT ON THEO - -3% TO -5%; ASSAY - GI, EFFECT ON THEO - -3% TO -8%; ASSAY - LH2, EFFECT ON THEO - -5% TO -7%; ASSAY - CKMB II, EFFECT ON THEO - -12% TO -20%; ASSAY - ESTRADIOL, EFFECT ON THEO - -6%; ASSAY - T4, EFFECT ON THEO - -3% TO -13%; AND ASSAY - TSH3, EFFECT ON THEO - -2% TO -6%. THE ACS:180 THEOPHYLLINE ASSAY CONTINUES TO MEET ITS PERFORMANCE CLAIMS WHEN RUN IN BATCH MODE. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE EVENTS INCLUDING SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT.