European multi-center evaluation of the Abbott Cell-Dyn sapphire hematology analyzer.
This study presents the results of performance evaluations of the Cell-Dyn Sapphire (CD-Sapphire) undertaken by 3 study sites in Europe. These studies focused on the routine blood count analyses with specific consideration of precision and imprecision, linearity, inter-instrument correlations, and white blood cell differential and flagging efficiencies. The CD-Sapphire was compared to the Cell-Dyn CD4000, Bayer Advia 120, Beckman Coulter GenS, and reference microscopy.
Müller
Robert
R
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, RWTH-University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
Mellors
Ian
I
Johannessen
Berit
B
Aarsand
Aasne K
AK
Kiefer
Paul
P
Hardy
John
J
Kendall
Richard
R
Scott
Colin Stephen
CS
D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017701:Reticulocyte Count / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000166:cytology*