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. 2021 Aug 18;59(9):e00559-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00559-21

TABLE 3.

Results of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody testinga

No. of results submitted to RfB that were:
Error rate data
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%
a

RfB, Reference Institute for Bioanalytics; EQA, external quality assessment.

b

For these samples, borderline results were considered conditionally correct.

c

For these samples, all submitted results were considered conditionally correct.