Study on the accuracy of automated hematology analyzers in Shanghai.

The objectives of this study were to research on the accuracy of automated hematology analyzers of various types from different manufacturers and to observe the deviation among these instruments. Fresh anticoagulated blood from healthy donors on 115 hematology analyzers in 114 different hospitals were determined.The maximum coefficients of variation (CVs. %) among instruments of three main manufacturers (Sysmex, Beckman Coulter and Abbott) of red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (Hgb), hematocrit (Hct), white blood cell count (WBC) and platelet count (Plt) were 3.2%, 3.8%, 3.6%, 9.3% and 10.8%, respectively. The maximum deviations among these parameters of different instruments were 0.74%, 1.65%, 5.45%, 7.06% and 18.55%, respectively. By improving laboratory quality management, the results of hematology analyzer determination may be more reliable than manual methods. The difference among various manufacturers was very small about RBC, Hgb, Hct, WBC and Plt the results from all kinds of instruments will tend to be comparable.