In order to improve the quality of laboratories, routine use of commercial kit is
recommended. This evaluation study was done to see if commercial kits presently
available in Korea will suffice to use in routine laboratory.
Domestic kits for cholesterol, amylase, alkaline phosphatase, BUN and albumin and
imported kit (DADE) for cholesterol were evaluated. Correlation of results of kits and
our laboratory results was good except amylase. The test for precision of kits showed
higher coefficient of variation in cholesterol, amylase and BUN than acceptables range,
but no significant differences from our laboratory results.
The test of accuracy for cholesterol and amylase showed that percentages of error of
kits were within the acceptable range although higher than our laboratory result in cho-
lesterol determination.
In summary the domestic chemical kits of cholesterol, alkaline phosphatase, BUN and
albumin seemed to be suffice to routine laboratory tests, however kits for amylase
needed further evaluation because of its high coefficient variation.
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