TABLE 3.

Performance of Xpert HCV Viral Load and Abbott RealTime HCV assays with EQA samples

Sample no.	Sample content or result	Target result		Abbott RealTime HCV result		Xpert HCV Viral Load result
						Run 1		Run 2
		Valuea	SDa	Valuea	Within target range	Valuea	Within target range	Valuea	Within target range
HCVRNA14B-05	HCV type 1b	4.25	0.34	4.16	Yes	4.24	Yes	4.46	Yes
HCVRNA14B-02	HCV type 1b	3.24	0.24	2.97	No	2.93	No	3.20	Yes
HCVRNA14B-01	HCV type 3a	3.96	0.20	3.84	Yes	3.96	Yes	3.96	Yes
HCVRNA14B-08	HCV type 3a	2.93	0.25	2.82	Yes	2.81	Yes	2.99	Yes
HCVRNA14B-06	HCV type 3a	2.10	0.28	1.92	Yes	2.09	Yes	2.00	Yes
HCVRNA14B-07	HCV type 3a	3.82	0.23	3.79	Yes	3.89	Yes	3.84	Yes
HCVRNA14B-03	HCV type 3a	2.86	0.26	2.81	Yes	2.92	Yes	2.89	Yes
HCVRNA14B-04	Negative	NDb		ND		ND		ND

^aLog₁₀ IU/ml.

^bND, not detected.