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Publikováno v:
Practical Laboratory Medicine, Vol 17, Iss , Pp - (2019)
Objectives: The level of glycated hemoglobin A (HbA1C) in blood is the preferred marker for diabetes monitoring and treatment. Here, we evaluate the analytical performance of the Roche Diagnostics Cobas c 513, a stand-alone HbA1C immunoassay analyzer
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https://doaj.org/article/a6b045ce9ea84608b4d11ede42e84891
Autor:
Michelle To, Joshua E. Raizman, Miranda Brun, Trefor Higgins, Albert K.Y. Tsui, Bobbi-Lynn Goudreau
Publikováno v:
Clinical Biochemistry. 97:62-66
Objective Reagent lot-to-lot comparisons are recommended by accreditation bodies to ensure that the performance of each reagent lot meets acceptable standards for quality patient results. The general approach is comprised of performing quality contro
Autor:
Vanessa Wolan, Andrea Kunst, Christina Gauvreau, Carmen Zimmer, Eric Ly, Trefor Higgins, Albert K.Y. Tsui
Publikováno v:
Clinical biochemistry.
Appropriate specimen handling is integral to quality and minimizing medical errors. Clinical laboratories often rely on manufacturer's claims for handling specimens, such as sample stability conditions. Serum angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) is an
Autor:
Hossein Sadrzadeh, Mathew P. Estey, Albert K.Y. Tsui, Bobbi-Lynn Goudreau, Joshua E. Raizman, Trefor Higgins, Anna K. Füzéry
Publikováno v:
Clinical Biochemistry. 78:25-31
Previous analytical evaluations of the Beckman Coulter Access high sensitivity troponin (hsTn) I assay have focused on single platforms and laboratory sites. The purpose of this study was to determine assay robustness across different platforms at mu
Autor:
Trefor Higgins, Sean van Diepen, Bobbi Lynn Goudreau, Dylan Thomas, George S. Cembrowski, Karina Rodriguez-Capote, Martha E. Lyon, Albert K.Y. Tsui, Joshua E. Raizman, Anna K. Füzéry, Mathew P. Estey
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 3:764-774
Background Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) 99th percentile cutoffs, used in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, are not standardized across cTnI assays. We compared 3 point-of-care (POC) and 1 central laboratory contemporary cTnI assays against t
Autor:
Dylan Thomas, Mathew P. Estey, Albert K.Y. Tsui, Irwindeep Sandhu, Karina Rodriguez-Capote, Alison Hunt, Cathy-Lou Christensen, Trefor Higgins
Publikováno v:
Clinical Biochemistry. 51:80-84
Background Serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) and immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) are used in the diagnosis and monitoring of plasma cell dyscrasias. IFE is considered the most sensitive method for the detection of monoclonal proteins (M-protei
Publikováno v:
Practical Laboratory Medicine, Vol 17, Iss, Pp-(2019)
Objectives: The level of glycated hemoglobin A (HbA1C) in blood is the preferred marker for diabetes monitoring and treatment. Here, we evaluate the analytical performance of the Roche Diagnostics Cobas c 513, a stand-alone HbA1C immunoassay analyzer
Autor:
Mariana Cornelia Tilinca, Deborah Reid, Cosmina Cristina Uzun, Victor Balogh-Sămărghițan, Zita Fazakas, Enikő Nemes-Nagy, Trefor Higgins, Lóránd Dénes, Marta Andrea Fodor, Zsuzsanna Simon-Szabo
Publikováno v:
Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 24, Iss 4, Pp 431-439 (2016)
This parameter’s results accuracy has a special importance in the management of diabetic patients since targets for optimal glycemic control are established using HbA1c values. Several error sources can influence the obtained value, some of them ca
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 144:423-426
Objectives Annually, millions of pairs of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) tests are ordered. These enzymes are highly correlated, and ALT is far more specific diagnostically than AST. To reduce AST testing, we sugg
Publikováno v:
Clinical Biochemistry. 48:698-702
Objectives The aims of this study were to identify the incidence of hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias in Northern Alberta and calculate the reference intervals (RI) for hemoglobin (Hb) HbF and HbA2. Methods A retrospective ad-hoc analysis of the st