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An evaluation of the accuracy of the Reflotron system in the field
Author(s) -
James Ray,
Tyler Colin,
Henrikson Denise
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb120535.x
Subject(s) - analyser , medicine , accreditation , medical physics , medical education , chemistry , chromatography
The Reflotron system (Boehringer‐Mannheim, West Germany) is a dry‐chemistry analyser which has been used in cholesterol screening in the United States and Australia. The accuracy and precision of the instrument for use as a screening device for whole‐blood cholesterol levels have been evaluated in clinical settings in both the United States and Australia; however, questions still arise from health practitioners about its performance in the field. We selected 30 participants in a communityscreening programme to undergo a comparative analysis of cholesterol measurement by the Reflotron system compared with two standard laboratory procedures (one of which was carried out in a World Health Organization accredited laboratory). Analysis of the data showed that, after a minimum of training, results can be obtained on the Reflotron system in a community setting which are acceptable when compared with results that have been obtained on more commonly‐used laboratory instruments.