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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2021

A method for measuring the experimental resolution of laboratory assays (clinical biochemical, blood count, immunological, and qPCR) to evaluate analytical performance.

Chenxi Sun, Dongxia Wang, Henggui Xu, Guang Yang, Xiaomei Yan, Hui Liu

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Chenxi SunCollege of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Dongxia WangCollege of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Henggui XuCollege of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Guang YangCollege of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Xiaomei YanCollege of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Hui LiuCollege of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-1168
Dalian Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe measurement method for experimental resolution and related data to evaluate analytical performance is poorly explored in clinical research. We established a method to measure the experimental resolution of clinical tests, including biochemical tests, automatic hematology analyzer methods, immunoassays, chemical experiments, and qPCR, to evaluate their analytical performance.

methodsSerially diluted samples in equal proportions were measured, and correlation analysis was performed between the relative concentration and the measured value. Results were accepted for p ≤ 0.01 of the correlation coefficient. The minimum concentration gradient (eg, 10%) was defined as the experimental resolution. For this method, the smaller the value, the higher the experimental resolution and the better the analytical performance.

resultsThe experimental resolution of the most common biochemical indices reached 10%, with some even reaching 1%. The results of most counting experiments showed experimental resolution up to 10%, whereas the experimental resolution of the classical chemical assays reached 1%. Unexpectedly, the experimental resolution of more sensitive assays, such as immunoassays was only 25% when using the manual method and 10% for qPCR.

conclusionThis study established a method for measuring the experimental resolution of laboratory assays and provides a new index for evaluating the reliability of methods in clinical laboratories.

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Laboratories, ClinicalBlood Cell CountBlood Chemical AnalysisEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansImmunologic TechniquesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsSpectrophotometry, Atomicanalytical performancebiochemical testexperimental resolutionimmunoassayqPCR

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