title: Evaluation of the analytical performances of the novel Beckman Coulter AU5800.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the analytical performance of Beckman Coulter AU5800.
  
  
  METHODS
  Imprecision, linearity and comparison studies were performed on 12 routine clinical chemistry tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Imprecision was comprised between 0.4 and 3.0%. The linearity was excellent, with regression coefficients always >1.000. The correlation with analogous tests on Unicell DxC ranged from 0.894 and 1.000. The productivity was 4884 tests/h.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found optimal balance between performance and productivity for the AU5800.
authors.affiliation: UO Diagnostica Ematochimica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Italy. giuseppe.lippi@univr.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.forename: Mariella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dipalo
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Musa
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Avanzini
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrarini
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pattini
authors.forename: Rosalia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aloe
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000032:analysis*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D012015:Reference Standards; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D011506:Proteins