Analytical performance evaluation of the Cobas 6000 analyzer - Special emphasis on trueness verification

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 863-871

  Van Gammeren, Adriaan J ^a   Van Gool, Nelly ^a   De Groot, Monique J M ^a   Cobbaert, Christa M ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cobas 6000; Consolidation; Correlation; IVD directive; Precision; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44949114983     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.159     Document Type: Article

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