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. 2017 Jul 5;9:1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.plabm.2017.06.001

Table 1.

Internal Quality Control (IQC). IQC running data (5 days, n = 25) are shown for all chemistry (top) and immunoassay (bottom) based tests. L = Level, SD = Standard Deviation, CV = Coefficient of Variation.

Test ALT (U/L) AST (U/L) Albumin (BCG, g/L) Albumin (BCG, g/L) ALP (U/L)
IQC Level L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3
Mean 24.4 93.0 204 33.5 110 238 24.2 39.8 50.4 24.2 38.4 48.2 53.6 142 293
SD 0.82 7.39 5.39 0.51 1.08 1.26 0.21 0.27 0.29 0.15 0.17 0.29 0.87 1.47 2.24
CV 3.4 8.0 2.6 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.6 1.0 0.8



Test Amylase (U/L) Bilirubin (Direct, μmol/L) Bilirubin (Total, μmol/L) Calcium (mmol/L) CK (U/L)
IQC Level L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3
Mean 45.1 145 413 8.0 26.0 49.3 16.5 56.6 105 1.60 2.55 3.26 75.0 212 430
SD 0.33 0.96 3.22 0.09 0.60 0.40 0.25 1.12 1.31 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.84 2.37 6.14
CV 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.1 2.3 0.8 1.5 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.5 1.1 1.1 1.4



Test Chloride (mmol/L) Creatinine (Enz., μmol/L) CRP (mg/L) GGT (U/L) Iron (μmol/L)
IQC Level L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3
Mean 83.0 95.8 113 50.2 191 557 1.0 2.3 46.0 20.6 73.6 152 13.2 23.2 31.7
SD 0.00 0.37 0.46 0.75 1.70 3.31 0.03 0.04 0.41 0.57 0.71 0.86 0.07 0.13 0.15
CV 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.5 0.9 0.6 3.0 1.9 0.9 2.8 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5



Test LDH (U/L) Magnesium (mmol/L) Phosphate (mmol/L) Potassium (mmol/L) Protein (Total, g/L)
IQC Level L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3
Mean 165 297 580 0.41 0.98 1.61 0.68 1.20 2.47 2.50 4.08 7.18 37.6 62.4 81.9
SD 2.79 3.27 5.80 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.00 0.04 0.05 0.16 0.27 0.30
CV 1.7 1.1 1.0 4.0 1.7 1.0 1.2 2.5 0.9 0.0 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4



Test Sodium (mmol/L) Transferrin (g/L) Urea (mmol/L) Uric Acid (μmol/L
IQC Level L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3
Mean 115 138 161 1.5 2.5 3.2 4.8 13.7 22.8 191 381 505
SD 0.51 0.54 0.48 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.08 0.10 0.17 1.99 3.66 5.99
CV 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.6 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.2



Test Anti-Tg (IU/mLl) Anti-TPO (IU/mL) B12 (ng/L) Cortisol (nmol/L) Ferritin (μg/L)
IQC Level L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3
Mean 25.2 21.0 25.1 22.6 32.2 39.8 310 733 1187 59.7 370 680 20.7 301 709
SD 1.1 0.8 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.9 14.1 18.9 55.0 2.7 9.7 17.7 0.6 9.4 29.3
CV 4.3 3.6 9.6 3.6 2.4 2.2 4.6 2.6 4.6 4.5 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.1 4.1



Test Folate (μg/L) FSH (mIU/mL) free T4 (pmol/L) free T3 (pmol/L) LH (mIU/mL)
IQC Level L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3
Mean 2.9 5.7 NA 3.8 19.9 42.8 6.5 28.9 60.3 2.0 6.4 11.6 3.8 17.3 45.2
SD 0.2 0.2 NA 0.1 0.6 1.2 0.4 0.5 3.6 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.6
CV 7.7 3.9 NA 2.4 2.9 2.9 5.6 1.6 6.0 11.6 3.0 2.7 2.4 4.1 3.4



Test Prolactin (mIU/L) PTH (pmol/L) TSH (mIU/mL)
IQC Level L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3 L1 L2 L3
Mean 125 308 2373 23.3 43.1 172 0.1 5.1 30.5
SD 2.0 5.5 57.0 0.8 2.3 7.1 0.0 0.1 0.9
CV 1.6 1.8 2.4 3.3 5.3 4.2 2.7 1.9 2.9