Table 5.
Precision and Accuracy of Quality Controls
Immunoassay | MPA | Target concentration [ng/ml] | Precision (RSD %) | Accuracy (bias, %) | ||||||||||
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Intra‐day | Inter‐day | Intra‐day | Inter‐day | |||||||||||
Cut‐off | Low | Middle | High | Low | Middle | High | Low | High | Low | Middle | High | Low | High | |
Cannabinoids | 10 | 9.4 | 12.5 | 16 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | −1 | 13 | 1 | −12 | 0 |
Opiates | 25 | 28 | 37.5 | 47 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Cocaine (metabolite) | 30 | 28 | 37.5 | 47 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 21 |
Amphetamine | 50 | 20 | 25 | 50 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
Methamphetamine | 50 | 28 | 37.5 | 47 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 17 | 23 |
Ecstasy | 50 | 37.5 | 50 | 75 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 | −19 | 3 | 2 | −21 | −2 |
EDDP | 50 | 37.5 | 50 | 75 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 11 | 3.6 | 3 | −8 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
Benzodiazepines | 50 | 38 | 50 | 63 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.5a | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13a |
Ethyl glucuronide | 100 | 75 | 100 | 375 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 9.7 | 2.0 | −7 | 3 | −6 | −1 | −6 |
N = 4.