Comparison of the Beckman Auto ICS and the Syva Autolab 6000 for determination of gentamicin levels in serum.
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Comparison of the Beckman Auto ICS and the Syva Autolab 6000 for determination of gentamicin levels in serum. R H Glew and R A Pavuk ABSTRACT Two fully automated drug-monitoring systems, the Syva Autolab 6000 and the Beckman Auto ICS, were compared in terms of accuracy, precision, speed of operation, and cost effectiveness in the determination of gentamicin levels in serum. Within-run and between-run precision for both systems were acceptable (coefficient of variation, 2.0 to 6.9%), and patient sample comparisons resulted in an intermethod correlation coefficient of 0.96. When reference samples (prepared to contain 1.2 to 10 micrograms of gentamicin per ml) were assayed, the Syva Autolab 6000 obtained concentrations within 8% of expected values, whereas the Beckman Auto ICS reported values up to 17% higher than target values. In a time and cost comparison, reagent costs for the Beckman system were ca. 50% less than for the Syva Autolab 6000; the Syva system, however, determined patient results two to three times faster than the Beckman Auto ICS. CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article J. Clin. Microbiol. January 1985 vol. 21 no. 1 8-11 » Abstract PDF Classifications Research Article Services Email this article to a colleague Similar articles in ASM journals Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of JCM Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Glew, R. H. Articles by Pavuk, R. A. Search for related content PubMed PubMed citation Articles by Glew, R. H. Articles by Pavuk, R. A. Related Content Load related web page information Social Bookmarking CiteULike Connotea Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter What's this? current issue December 2011, volume 49, issue 12 Alert me to new issues of JCM About JCM Subscribers Authors Reviewers Advertisers Inquiries from the Press Permissions & Commercial Reprints ASM Journals Public Access Policy JCM RSS Feeds 1752 N Street N.W. • Washington DC 20036 202.737.3600 • 202.942.9355 fax • journals@asmusa.org Print ISSN: 0095-1137 Online ISSN: 1098-660X Copyright © 2011 by the American Society for Microbiology. For an alternate route to JCM .asm.org, visit: http://intl- JCM .asm.org | More Info» var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5821458-10"); pageTracker._trackPageview();