Evaluation of the analytical performance of the Beckman Coulter AU680 automated analytical system based on quality specifications for allowable performance derived from biological variation

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1563-1567

  Cattozzo, Giampaolo ^a   Albeni, Chiara ^a   Calonaci, Alessandra ^a   De Luca, Giancarlo ^a,b  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bias; Biological variation; Evaluation; Method comparison; Precision; Quality specifications

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; REAGENT;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ASSAY; AUTOMATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TURBIDIMETRY;

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052862460     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.629     Document Type: Editorial

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