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Said: This is concerning, since the 2024 issue with DCA led to a lot of issues. I am contacting my Siemens rep to get some answers, and having our teams keep a closer eye on the results.

Said: Dena have you seen better correlations with the lab and the Affinions and more consistency? We are waiting for contracts and are moving to those soon so just curious if the Affinions are giving you more consistent results. 

Said: I am glad to hear it isn't just us. I know the manager over that site did reach out to tech support. I will have her continue to push the issue. The provider was the one who noticed the discrepancies and when re-run, I am assuming on th...

Said: Similar to previous lot-related issues from Siemens, we've also had clinical teams reach out with HbA1c concerns. We've observed discrepancies with lot 0549036 (Exp. 3/31/2028). In several cases, same-day testing showed markedly differe...

Said: We had something similar happen in 2024 with the DCA. It took them quite a while to admit there was an issue and issue a recall on the cartridges. Our Endocrinology teams got so frustrated that they stopped using point of care all toget...