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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2011 Sep 22;879(30):3497–3506. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.09.031

Table 5. Summary of accuracy and precision.

Intra-assay Inter-assay

Compound Concentration (ng/mL) Accuracy (%) CV (%) Accuracy (%) CV (%)
Ampicillin 300 100.33 4.36 101.49 6.18
900 96.29 5.20 95.37 6.97
60,000 107.01 2.85 106.62 3.98
120,000 98.00 4.03 98.19 5.26

Piperacillin 300 107.69 2.99 107.94 6.35
900 99.00 5.43 99.54 6.49
60,000 102.82 3.72 103.82 5.65
120,000 100.64 7.04 101.25 8.20

Tazobactam 150 98.09 4.63 99.16 6.75
450 110.39 4.32 109.53 5.38
18,000 104.24 2.63 104.54 5.42
60,000 99.71 2.29 99.66 7.02

Meropenem 100 101.96 5.40 103.23 7.81
300 94.10 5.91 94.99 7.50
20,000 107.59 3.22 107.63 4.22
40,000 99.22 4.65 99.58 6.07

Acyclovir 100 100.78 5.73 100.31 9.06
300 92.17 5.51 92.43 7.96
20,000 92.64 4.31 92.72 6.01
40,000 92.03 6.88 93.44 8.50

Metronidazole 50 102.78 8.42 101.29 9.44
150 95.24 6.64 96.05 7.73
10,000 106.31 4.03 107.10 6.11
20,000 100.08 4.09 100.08 6.62

Mean 100.38 4.76 100.67 6.70

CV=coefficient of variation.