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(Clinical Chemistry. 2000;46:881-882.)
© 2000 American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.

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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate by the Test-1 Analyzer

Niels de Jongea, Indra Sewkaransing, Jeroen Slinger and John J.M. Rijsdijk

Department of Clinical Chemistry, Leyenburg Hospital, PO Box 40.551, 2504 LN The Hague, The Netherlands
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To the Editor:

We evaluated the analytical performance of the Test-1 automated analyzer (Alifax S.p.A) for the assessment of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). In this analyzer, 150-µL samples are aspirated, rotated slowly for 2 min, and put into the system, which measures the erythrocyte concentration in a capillary through a photometer at a wavelength of 950 nm. For each sample, a sedimentation curve is obtained, which is transformed to comparable Westergren values. The first result is obtained in <3 min, and subsequent results are obtained every 30 s (1)(2).

The Test-1 method was compared with both the manual Westergren reference method and an automated Westergren method (Starrsed; Charles Goffin Medical Systems) (3). Sodium citrate-anticoagulated blood samples . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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