Evaluation of an Automated Sample Preparation Protocol for Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA
Open Access
- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 40 (4), 1447-1450
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.40.4.1447-1450.2002
Abstract
The COBAS AMPLIPREP instrument for automated sample preparation has recently been introduced. In this study, the COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR test, which includes this new molecular device, was evaluated and compared to the COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR test, which includes a manual extraction protocol. Interassay and intra-assay variation, precision, and linearity were determined, and a total of 130 clinical specimens were investigated. For determination of interassay variation, coefficients of variation were found to be between 9 and 59% for the COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR test and between 13 and 69% for the COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR test. For determination of intra-assay variation, coefficients of variation were found to be between 7 and 13% for the COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR test and between 8 and 16% for the COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR test. When precision of the COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR test was tested, all results were found to be within ±0.5 log of the expected results. Determination of linearity resulted in a quasilinear curve over 3 logs. When clinical samples were tested with the COBAS AMPLIPREP/COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR test and compared with the COBAS AMPLICOR HCV MONITOR test, all results were found within ±0.5 log. In conclusion, the assay, which included the new molecular device, proved to be suitable for the routine molecular laboratory. It was found to be laborsaving and easy to handle.Keywords
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