TY - JOUR
T1 - Multicentre evaluation of the Monarch (IL) clinical chemistry analyser
AU - Ceriotti, Ferruccio
AU - Bonini, Pierangelo
AU - Guagnellini, Emma
AU - Okely, Carlo
AU - Zoppi, Francesco
AU - Montalbetti, Norberto
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - A multicentre evaluation of the Monarch centrifugal analyser is reported. Precision, linearity and accuracy were assessed by comparison with routine methods. Calibration stability, photo-metric and dispensing accuracy, and carry-over related to samples and reagents were also evaluated. The overall performance of the instrument was good, showing an excellent photometric and dispensing accuracy, absence of sample-dependent carry-over, and almost negligible reagent carry-over. Good precision, linearity and correlation with routine methods were found for the parameters tested. The instrument is reliable and is now used as the routine clinical chemistry analyser in two of the three laboratories taking part in the evaluation.
AB - A multicentre evaluation of the Monarch centrifugal analyser is reported. Precision, linearity and accuracy were assessed by comparison with routine methods. Calibration stability, photo-metric and dispensing accuracy, and carry-over related to samples and reagents were also evaluated. The overall performance of the instrument was good, showing an excellent photometric and dispensing accuracy, absence of sample-dependent carry-over, and almost negligible reagent carry-over. Good precision, linearity and correlation with routine methods were found for the parameters tested. The instrument is reliable and is now used as the routine clinical chemistry analyser in two of the three laboratories taking part in the evaluation.
KW - centrifugal analyser
KW - Instrument evaluation
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U2 - 10.1155/S1463924689000416
DO - 10.1155/S1463924689000416
M3 - Article
C2 - 18924678
AN - SCOPUS:0024957618
VL - 11
SP - 206
EP - 211
JO - Journal of Automatic Chemistry
JF - Journal of Automatic Chemistry
SN - 0142-0453
IS - 5
ER -