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ArticlePloS one2018

Internal quality assurance of HIL indices on Roche Cobas c702.

Giuseppe Lippi, Janne Cadamuro, Elisa Danese, Matteo Gelati, Martina Montagnana, Alexander von Meyer, Gian Luca Salvagno, Ana-Maria Simundic

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Giuseppe LippiSection of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Janne CadamuroDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Elisa DaneseSection of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2454-0410
Matteo GelatiSection of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Martina MontagnanaSection of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Alexander von MeyerInstitute of Laboratory Medicine, Kliniken Nordoberpfalz AG, Weiden, Germany.
Gian Luca SalvagnoSection of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Ana-Maria SimundicDepartment of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb, Croatia.

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Abstract

Automatic assessment of hemoglobin (H), lipaemia (L) and icterus (I) in serum or plasma (HIL indices) is the mainstay for evaluating sample quality. We planned this study to verify whether in-house prepared internal quality control (IQC) materials may be suitable for quality assurance of HIL indices. Pools containing different values of each of the three HIL indices were prepared from routine plasma samples, divided in aliquots and frozen at -20°C. Stability of frozen materials was assessed by thawing one aliquot of each pool after different days of freezing (1, 4, 8, 15, 22 and 29), and by measuring HIL indices on baseline fresh samples and frozen-thawed aliquots with Roche Cobas c702. Five fresh liquid IQCs materials were also measured at the same time points. Intra-assay and inter-assay imprecision of HIL indices calculated with commercial IQC materials ranged between 1.1-2.0% and 1.6-3.3%, respectively. When target values of HIL indices were calculated using frozen-thawed aliquots, the inter-assay imprecision of in-house prepared materials was optimal, even better than that of commercial liquid IQCs (H-index, 0.8% versus 1.6%; L-index, 2.2% versus 2.5%; I-index, 0.8% versus 3.3%). In conclusion, in-house prepared IQC materials are cost-effective alternatives to commercial liquid IQCs for HIL quality assurance.

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BilirubinBlood Chemical AnalysisFreezingHemoglobinsHemolysisHumansHyperlipidemiasJaundiceLipidsQuality ControlReference StandardsBilirubinHemoglobinsLipids

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PMID29979722
PMCPMC6034854

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