Quality assessment of the reflotron system: a blood chemistry reagent strip analyser

ABSTRACT

We tested the accuracy of the Reflotron System by comparing results given by this system for estimations of glucose, SGOT, SGPT, cholesterol and triglycerides on patients samples which were already analysed on either an autoanalyser HITACHI 705 or manually on CLINICON 4010. Reflotron estimations correlated well with both Hitachi and Clinic on estimations and the strips gave reproducible results. We conclude that this or similar systems will be ideal for small laboratories in our expanding rural health services