title: CLSI-Based Validation of Manufacturer-Derived Reference Intervals on the Cobas 8000 Platform.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reference intervals provided by diagnostic test manufacturers should be transferred to clinical laboratories after validation. Although protocols exist, laboratories rarely perform and report on results of validation studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  We validated reference intervals (RIs) of 87 analytes on a Cobas 8000 platform according to standards published by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  For 8 analytes, decision limits were provided in the package inserts. Among the 79 RIs subjected to transference validation, 8 were found not valid for transference, including lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) among women, and the following among both sexes: potassium, homocysteine, immunoglobulin E (IgE), free lambda light chain (FLC λ), C3 complement (C3c), folate, and 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25[(OH]D). For LDH, potassium, homocysteine, C3c, folate, and 25(OH)D, RIs or thresholds suitable for transference were available in the literature; however, this was not the case for IgE and FLC λ.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study demonstrates that validation of RIs provided in the manufacturer provided package inserts is indispensable.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leitner-Ferenc
authors.affiliation: Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Atamaniuk
authors.affiliation: Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jansen-Skoupy
authors.affiliation: Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Brigitta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stöckelmeier
authors.affiliation: Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grohs
authors.affiliation: Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria.|Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Födinger
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D057230:Limit of Detection; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: analytical system; decision limit; guideline; reference values; test provider; transference