Table 5. Summary of accuracy and precision.
Intra-assay | Inter-assay | ||||
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Mean | 100.38 | 4.76 | 100.67 | 6.70 |
CV=coefficient of variation.