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Table. 3.

Test items and instruments that show <80% of acceptable rates

Specimen Tests Instruments % Acceptable
CU-20-01 pH Arkray 64.5
CU-20-03 Bilirubin Siemens 77.5
Beckman 11.1
Urobilinogen Beckman 33.3
CU-20-04 Ketone Siemens 76.5
Sysmex 17.6
pH Sysmex 68.6
Protein DFI 61.2
Urobilinogen Siemens 76.5
Arkray 0
CU-20-05 pH Arkray 79.3
CU-20-07 Bilirubin Beckman 33.3
Urobilinogen Beckman 33.3
CU-20-08 Bilirubin Siemens 78.6
Arkray 5.3
Protein DFI 43.3
Urobilinogen Siemens 77.6
Arkray 0
CU-20-10 Bilirubin Eiken 71.4
pH Arkray 78.0
CU-20-11 Bilirubin Siemens 72.8
Beckman 30.0
CU-20-12 Bilirubin Siemens 72.8
Arkray 0
pH DFI 14.3
Sysmex 42.7
Eiken 15.5
Protein DFI 55.0
Urobilinogen Siemens 71.8
Arkray 11.8

The results with <50% accuracy are indicated in bold. The instruments used were as follows: Arkray (Arkray Inc., Kyoto, Japan), Siemens (Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany), Beckman (Beckman Coulter Inc., Brea, CA, USA), Sysmex (Sysmex Co., Kobe, Japan), DFI (DFI Co. Ltd., Gimhae, Korea), and Eiken (Eiken Chemical Co., Tokyo, Japan).

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