Kurt Bauer, Pierangelo Bonini, Peter Degenhard, Jörg Hofmann, Wolfgang Bablok, Antonio Torralba, Wolfgang Stockmann, Margaret McGovern, Klaus Wielckens, Mary Martyn, Bert G. Blijenberg, Ferrucio Ceriotti, Anne Kelly, Jeroen D. E. van Suijlen, Zahur Zaman, Norbert Blanckaert, and Carmen Ferré
The new selective access analysis system BM/Hitachi 917 was evaluated in an international multicentre study, mainly according to the ECCLS protocol for the evaluation of analysers in clinical chemistry. Forty-three different analytes, covering 56 different methods enzymes, substrates, electrolytes, specific proteins, drugs and urine applications were tested in seven European clinical chemistry laboratories. Additionally, the practicability of the BM/ Hitachi 917 was tested according to a standardized questionnaire. Within-run CVs (median of 3 days) for enzymes, substrates and electrolytes were