TABLE 3.
Results of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody testinga
| No. of results submitted to RfB that were: |
Error rate data |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample no. | EQA scheme no. | Target value | Positive (n) | Borderline (n) | Negative (n) | Total results reported (n) | Results evaluated as incorrect (n/%) |
| IgG | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Positiveb | 164 | 38 | 46 | 248 | 46/18.6% |
| 2 | 1 | Positive | 237 | 0 | 11 | 248 | 11/4.4 % |
| 3 | 1 | Negative | 4 | 0 | 244 | 248 | 4/1.6% |
| 4 | 1 | Negativeb | 6 | 26 | 216 | 248 | 6/2.4% |
| 5 | 2 | Positivec | 90 | 19 | 135 | 244 | 0/0% |
| 6 | 2 | Negative | 1 | 0 | 243 | 244 | 1/0.4% |
| 7 | 2 | Negative | 1 | 1 | 242 | 244 | 2/0.8% |
| 8 | 2 | Positive | 239 | 1 | 4 | 244 | 5/2.1% |
| 9 | 3 | Positive | 247 | 0 | 12 | 259 | 12/4.6% |
| 10 | 3 | Positivec | 74 | 50 | 135 | 259 | 0/0% |
| 11 | 3 | Positive | 251 | 0 | 8 | 259 | 8/3.1% |
| 12 | 3 | Negative | 2 | 0 | 257 | 259 | 2/0.8% |
| IgA | |||||||
| 5 | 2 | Negative | 0 | 7 | 54 | 61 | 7/11.5% |
| 6 | 2 | Negative | 1 | 0 | 60 | 61 | 1/1.6% |
| 7 | 2 | Negative | 9 | 11 | 41 | 61 | 20/32.8% |
| 8 | 2 | Positive | 49 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 12/12.7% |
| 9 | 3 | Positive | 46 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 16/25.8% |
| 10 | 3 | Positive | 43 | 0 | 19 | 62 | 19/30.7% |
| 11 | 3 | Positive | 47 | 0 | 15 | 62 | 15/24.2% |
| 12 | 3 | Negative | 1 | 0 | 61 | 62 | 1/1.6% |
| IgM | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Negative | 9 | 4 | 49 | 62 | 13/20.9% |
| 2 | 1 | Negative | 4 | 4 | 54 | 62 | 8/12.9% |
| 3 | 1 | Negative | 3 | 2 | 57 | 62 | 5/8.1% |
| 4 | 1 | Negative | 5 | 3 | 54 | 62 | 8/12.9% |
RfB, Reference Institute for Bioanalytics; EQA, external quality assessment.
For these samples, borderline results were considered conditionally correct.
For these samples, all submitted results were considered conditionally correct.