PMID- 31799361 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220411 IS - 2352-5517 (Print) IS - 2352-5517 (Electronic) IS - 2352-5517 (Linking) VI - 17 DP - 2019 Nov TI - Performance of 6 routine coagulation assays on the new Roche Cobas t711 analyzer. PG - e00146 LID - 10.1016/j.plabm.2019.e00146 [doi] LID - e00146 AB - OBJECTIVES: For new analyzers or tests, analytical evaluation is required before implementation in the clinical laboratory. We evaluated the novel Roche Cobas t711 analyzer with six newly developed coagulation assays: the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), prothrombin time (PT), international normalized ratio (INR), fibrinogen, d-dimer and anti-Xa. The evaluation included imprecision experiments, method comparison with the currently used Stago STA-R Evolution, monitoring of unfractionated heparin (UFH) with aPTT, a fast centrifugation protocol to improve turn-around time, and determination of sample stability in whole blood and plasma. DESIGN AND METHODS: Imprecision and method comparison were assessed using commercial quality control samples and patient samples, respectively. For dose monitoring of UFH with the aPTT, samples from patients treated with UFH were used. Samples from healthy volunteers were collected for evaluation of the fast centrifugation protocol (5' 2750xg) and for investigating sample stability over 6-8 h. RESULTS: Results for between-run precision were within the desirable specification. Method comparison showed an excellent agreement for fibrinogen, d-dimer and anti-Xa. For aPTT, PT and INR, a good correlation was found, but results were significantly lower on the t711 compared to the STA-R Evolution, which is caused by different coagulation activators. Results from the fast centrifugation protocol differed not significantly from the standard protocol (15' 2500xg). Blood and plasma samples were stable at room temperature up to 6 and 8 h, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The t711 coagulation analyzer with 6 novel tests is suitable for routine use in clinical laboratories. CI - (c) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Oostendorp, Marlies AU - Oostendorp M AD - Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Deventer Hospital, Deventer, the Netherlands. AD - Department of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, the Netherlands. FAU - Noorman, Roefke L AU - Noorman RL AD - Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Deventer Hospital, Deventer, the Netherlands. FAU - Nijenhuis, J Dinant AU - Nijenhuis JD AD - Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Deventer Hospital, Deventer, the Netherlands. FAU - de Kok, Jacques B AU - de Kok JB AD - Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Deventer Hospital, Deventer, the Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191109 PL - Netherlands TA - Pract Lab Med JT - Practical laboratory medicine JID - 101690848 PMC - PMC6881685 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Analytical performance OT - Coagulation assays OT - Cobas t711 OT - INR, International normalized ratio OT - LMWH, Low molecular weight heparin OT - PT, Prothrombin time OT - Sample stability OT - UFH, Unfractionated heparin OT - Unfractionated heparin OT - aPTT, Activated partial thromboplastin time COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. EDAT- 2019/12/05 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/05 06:01 PMCR- 2019/11/09 CRDT- 2019/12/05 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/11/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/05 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2352-5517(19)30082-4 [pii] AID - e00146 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.plabm.2019.e00146 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Pract Lab Med. 2019 Nov 9;17:e00146. doi: 10.1016/j.plabm.2019.e00146. eCollection 2019 Nov.