EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF ROCHE JAFFE AND ENZYMATIC CREATININE METHODS ON COBAS C503 CHEMISTRY AUTO-ANALYZER

Đào Thị Quỳnh Nga1,, Trần Thị Chi Mai1,2, Lương Huệ Quyên1
1 Vietnam National Children's Hospital
2 Hanoi Medical University

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the analytical performance characteristics of the Jaffe and enzymatic methods for plasma creatinine measurement. Methods: Two original creatinine methods, Jaffe and enzymatic, were evaluated on Roche C503 automated analyzer via limit of quantitation, linearity, intra-assay and inter-assay precision, and comparability in plasma samples. Method comparison using patient samples according to CLSI guideline were performed on 100 plasma samples by analyzing on the same autoanalyzer. Results: Enzymatic method had a lower LOQ than Jaffe method, values at 8.2 µmol/L and 25.8 µmol/L respectively. Enzymatic method was linear up to 1512 µmol/L and Jaffe method was linear up to 1487 µmol/L. The intra-assay and inter-assay precision data were acceptable in both methods when using CLIA criteria. The accuracy of both methods was under desirable level, the recovery of QC and real patient samples was in range of 90- 110%. The high correlations were determined between two methods (r = 0,999). However, results of two method were not compatible. Jaffe method gave the higher results than enzymatic method, especially at the low concentrations. Conclusion: Both Jaffe and enzymatic methods were found to meet the analytical performance requirement in routine use. However, enzymatic method was found to have better performance in low creatinine levels.

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