title: Evaluation of the Dade Behring Dimension RxL clinical chemistry analyzer.
abstract: The performance of the Dade Behring Dimension RxL clinical chemistry analyzer was evaluated according to the guidelines of the European Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. The following analytes were tested: glucose, urea, creatinine, albumin, phosphorus, cholesterol, triglyceride, uric acid, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, iron and total bilirubin. The Dade Behring Dimension RxL was compared with the Hitachi 704, Bayer RA-1000, Ektachem 250 and Chiron 865 depending on available tests on these analyzers. Coefficients of correlation showed high correlation between compared analyzers. Other performances (intra- and inter-assay variation, carry-over and interferences) of the analyzer were satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Department for Laboratory Diagnostics, Croatia. smiljana.cuka@ri.tel.hr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cuka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dvornik
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Drazenović
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mihić
mesh_terms: D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002624:Chemistry, Clinical / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D001663:Bilirubin