Comparison of plasma glucose results tested in two different automatic biochemical analyzers

Objective To assess the comparability of measurement results for plasma glucose from two automatic biochemical systems.Methods According to the requirements in American EP9-A2 file, plasma glucose concentrations in the same plasma samples were determined, using ROCHE P800 as a standard system and TOSIBA ACCTUE as the experimental one. The clinical acceptability of the two kinds of biochemical analyzers was judged based on the criteria for quality assessment among clinical laboratories in American amend legislation (CLIA'88)in which the required criteria is defined as one third of allowable error.Results The glucose results from two kinds of instruments showed a good correlation(r0.975); clinical acceptability of the instruments was in the acceptable range.Conclusion The detected glucose results of two instruments have good comparability.