title: European multi-center evaluation of the Abbott Cell-Dyn sapphire hematology analyzer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, RWTH-University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mellors
authors.forename: Berit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Johannessen
authors.forename: Aasne K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Aarsand
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kiefer
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kendall
authors.forename: Colin Stephen
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: 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*