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Clinical Trial
. 2021 Aug;43(4):623-631.
doi: 10.1111/ijlh.13448. Epub 2021 Jan 2.

Performance evaluation of the new hematology analyzer UniCel DxH 900

Alicia Martinez-Iribarren  1 , Xavier Tejedor  1 , Àngels Sala Sanjaume  1 , Alba Leis  1 , Maria Doladé Botias  1 , Cristian Morales-Indiano  1
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Clinical Trial

Performance evaluation of the new hematology analyzer UniCel DxH 900

Alicia Martinez-Iribarren et al. Int J Lab Hematol. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

Introduction: UniCel DxH900 (Beckman Coulter, Miami, Florida, USA) is a quantitative, multi-parameter, automated hematology analyzer for in vitro diagnostic use in clinical laboratories. The aim of this study was to evaluate the analytical performance of the new DxH900 analyzer to verify its diagnostic and clinical utility in the hematology laboratory of a tertiary care hospital in Spain. The most important and novel feature offered by DxH900 analyzer is providing MDW (monocyte distribution width), a new hematologic parameter which is being clinically validated as an early sepsis indicator with promising results.

Methods: We evaluated imprecision (including MDW), linearity, and carryover of DxH900. Method comparison for cell blood count (CBC) was performed in relation to DxH800 with 100 samples. We compared leukocyte differential (DIFF) from DxH900 with manual 400-cell differential. 390 samples were assessed for flag performance.

Results: Results obtained for between days and within-run imprecision were good. DxH900 showed excellent linearity (R = 1.00) over analytical range for white blood cells, red blood cells, hemoglobin, platelets, and reticulocyte count (RET) (R = 0.96) and no significant carryover effect. CBC and RET on the DxH900 correlated well with DxH800 (R ≥ 0.99). Comparison with manual differential showed excellent correlation (R ≥ 0.88), except for basophils. Flagging performance exhibited sensitivity over 90% for majority of alarm messages and very high negative predictive value (over 95%).

Conclusion: UniCel DxH900 Coulter analyzer provides reliable results and fully comparable to DxH800. DxH900 is an accurate, highly precise analyzer with good analytical performances to be used effectively in high-volume laboratories.

Keywords: DxH900; cell blood count; flag; hematology analyzer; leukocyte differential; performance evaluation.

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