Evaluation of four hematology and a chemistry portable benchtop analyzers using non‐human primate blood
- 4 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Medical Primatology
- Vol. 38 (6), 390-396
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0684.2009.00385.x
Abstract
Background Near patient testing (NPT) and point‐of‐care testing (POCT) using portable benchtop analyzers has become necessary in many areas of the medical community, including biocontainment. Methods We evaluated the Beckman AcT diff, Abaxis Vetscan HMII (two instruments), Abbott Cell‐Dyn 1800, and Abaxis Vetscan VS2 for within‐run precision and correlation to central laboratory instruments using non‐human primates blood. Results Compared with the central laboratory instruments, the Beckman AcT diff correlated on 80%; the HMII instruments on 31% and 44%, the CD1800 on 31%, and the VS2 on 71% of assays. For assays with published manufacturers precision guidelines, the AcT diff met all nine, the HMII instruments met one and six of six, and the CD 1800 met one of six. Conclusions Laboratories using NPT/POCT must test their individual instruments for precision and correlation, identify assays that are reliable, and exclude or develop supplemental procedures for assays that are not.Keywords
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