Laboratory Medicine ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 674-678.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2021.06.020

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Assessment of internal quality control plan for microfluidic chip POCT

GE Danhong, TANG Liping, OU Yuanzhu, YU Xiaoxuan, LIU Wenbin, LIN Feiran, GONG Jingkai, ZHU Yuqing()   

  1. Shanghai Center for Clinical Laboratory,Shanghai 200126,China
  • Received:2021-01-09 Online:2021-06-30 Published:2021-06-30
  • Contact: ZHU Yuqing

Abstract:

Objective To preliminarily investigate the internal quality control (IQC) plan for microfluidic chip point-of-care testing (POCT). Methods Microfluidic chip POCT analyzer was used to analyze potassium(K),sodium(Na),chlorine(Cl) and glucose (Glu) from clinical residual serum samples. The study lasted for 3 months and was divided into 2 phases. In Phase 1,electronic quality control and 2 levels of liquid quality control were carried out each day. In Phase 2,electronic quality control was tested on a daily basis,while the liquid quality control was tested once a week. Totally,3 levels of mixed serum samples for these 4 items were tested throughout the study. The results of electronic quality control,liquid quality control and mixed serum samples were analyzed. Results Each result of electronic quality control passed in 2 phases. The liquid quality control results were within control when they were assessed adopting Westgard sigma rules in different phases. The coefficient of variation (CV)of the mixed serum sample results for 4 items were all <1/3 allowable total error (TEa). Conclusions When microfluidic chip POCT is used to test K,Na,Cl and Glu,under the condition of stable determination personnel and environment,the same batch of reagents,the use of daily electronic quality control with weekly liquid quality control can ensure the quality of analysis.

Key words: Microfluidic chip, Point-of-care testing, Internal quality control

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