title: Evaluation of the Hitachi 704 automatic analyzer.
abstract: We evaluated the analytical performance of the Hitachi 704 automatic analyzer. The spectrophotometer showed a linearity of response at 340 nm up to 2.8 A. Photometric imprecision measured bichromatically at 340 and 376 nm was 0.49% at 0.16 A, 0.14% at 0.46 A, and 0.17% at 0.76 A. Imprecision of the sample probe was 0.4% for 5, 10, and 20 microL, and the volume delivered deviated -2.4%, -4.4%, and -4.2% from these preset volumes, respectively. Imprecision of the reagent probe over the range 50 to 500 microL ranged from 0.14% to 0.29%; volume delivered deviated from +1.7% to +4.4%). At equilibrium, the temperature in the cuvets was 29.8 (SD 0.05) degree C as measured by cresol red spectrophotometry. No sample carryover was detected. Reagent carryover was detected when a bilirubin assay was preceded by a total protein assay and when lactate dehydrogenase was measured after alanine aminotransferase. Imprecision for nine tests at three concentrations ranged from 1.1% to 4.4%. Comparison of methods with the SMAC II as reference method showed good results. Precision was better than reported for the Hitachi 705 automatic analyzer.
authors: Department of Clinical Chemistry, Diaconessenhuis, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors: E G
authors: EG
authors: Lentjes
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Harff
authors: E T
authors: ET
authors: Backer
mesh_terms: D001322:Autoanalysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011786:Quality Control; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents