Table 5. Results of the Atellica IM 1600 turnaround time (TAT) for the hs-TnI assay during testing of 1461 routine and 13 hs-TnI STAT samples.
| Total TAT |
TAT
from registration to entrance in IOM* |
TAT
from IOM to centrifuge (connected) |
TAT
from entrance in IOM to sample aspiration in Atellica IM analyser |
TAT
in Atellica IM analyser (inside the analyser): from bar code reading to result |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (min.) | 44.4 | 6.8 | 19.3 | 27.2 | 10.7 |
| SD (min.) | 12.4 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
| P90 (min.) | 63.1 | 14.0 | 23.6 | 38.4 | 11.2 |
| CV (%) | 28 | 80 | 16 | 29 | 4 |
| Minimum | 18.2 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 7.0 | 10.1 |
| Maximum | 74.7 | 29.5 | 29.8 | 44.8 | 15.8 |
| *IOM – input/output module from the APTIO Automation Solution (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, USA) used with the Atellica IM analyser. TAT – Turnaround time. SD – standard deviation. CV – coefficient of variation. Min – minutes. STAT – short turnaround time. hs-TnI – high sensitive troponin I. P90 – 90th percentile. | |||||