SEVERAL PREVIOUS SAMPLES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE PLT CLUMPS PRESENT BASED ON SMEAR REVIEWS. THE SAMPLE ANALYSIS FROM (B)(6) 2020 WAS NOT CONFIRMED WITH ADDITIONAL REVIEW. IT IS UNKNOWN IF PLT CLUMPING WAS PRESENT. THE XE-5000 SOFTWARE GUIDE (SG), CHAPTER 6 - APPENDIX, SECTION 6.1 - IP MESSAGES, DISCUSSES THE MANUFACTURER-RECOMMENDED SETTING FOR THE THROMBOCYTOPENIA FLAG, WHICH IS A PLT OF
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AN OPERATOR ANALYZED A PATIENT SAMPLE ON (B)(6) 2020 AND A LOW PLATELET (PLT) RESULT WAS GENERATED. THE RESULT WAS REPORTED TO THE MEDICAL TEAM AND THE PATIENT WAS ADMINISTERED A PLT TRANSFUSION. BETWEEN (B)(6) 2020, THE PATIENT HAD NEW SAMPLES COLLECTED WHICH GENERATED LOW PLT RESULTS. ON (B)(6) 2020, A NEW SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED AND ANALYZED. A PLT RESULT WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE WAS GENERATED. THE OPERATOR PERFORMED A SMEAR REVIEW AND PLT CLUMPS WERE OBSERVED. DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF PLT CLUMPS ON THIS SAMPLE, THE OPERATOR SUSPECTED THE SAMPLE ANALYZED ON (B)(6) 2020 TO HAVE AN ERRONEOUS LOW PLT RESULT. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT REPORTED DUE TO THE PLT TRANSFUSION.