Rapigluco-test. Resultados de la evaluación externa y pruebas de terreno

the rapigluco-test was evaluated at the national center of reference for clinical laboratory. the lineality interval was successful between 2.5 and 22 mmol/l of glucose and the recovery of the method was of 90%. during the accuracy test it was found that both the experimental lots and the scale-up lots had a good correlation with the reference methods used. the precision evaluated at 2 levels of concentration was also good. 49 lots of the reagent were distributed in hospitals and polyclinics all over the country. 1 818 glucose determinations were obtained from 1993 to 1996. there were no complaints about the behaviour of the product.