2018, Cilt 16, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 091-100 |
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Evaluation of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Measurement Uncertainty with Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry |
Burcu Basat1, Müberra Vardar1, Okan Dikker1, Mustafa Şahin2 |
1Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Okmeydanı Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Tıbbi Biyokimya, İstanbul, Türkiye 2Hitit Üniversitesi, Erol Olçok Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Tıbbi Biyokimya, Çorum, Türkiye |
Keywords: 25-hydroxyvitamin D3; Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; Measurement uncertainty |
Purpose: The measurement uncertainty is a quantitative indicator of the quality of the test result
obtained and indicates how the test results represent the actual value. For this reason, we aimed to
calculate the measurement uncertainty for the 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 assay, which was analyzed by liquid
chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in our laboratory, to compare our findings with other
results in the literature and to evaluate the possible effect of uncertainty value on patients' D vitamin
status.
Materials and Methods: For 25-hydroxyvitamine D3 analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass
spectrometry, in the direction of the measurement uncertainty calculation model, which is based on the
Nordest guide, standard uncertainties arising from 20 external quality controls, including 4 cycles, 5
levels per cycle, resulting from a total of 440 internal quality controls pathological and normal levels at
one year, and the combined uncertainty was calculated by taking this value as a square root. Then the
extended uncertainty of measurement was obtained by multiplying with the combined standard
uncertainty value k factor.
Results: The intra-laboratory reproducibility was 7.44%, the bias from the laboratory was 16.01%, the
bias from the measurement procedure was 0.82%, the measurement uncertainty of the bias component
was 16.03%, the combined standard uncertainty was 17.67% The uncertainty of measurement was
calculated as 34.64%.
Conclusions: For 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 the total allowable error is +/- 25%, as a result of our study;
The expanded measurement uncertainty value for 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 was found to be high. Targeted
solutions should be sought to limit possible errors in order to reduce this value to less than 25%.
Adding measurement uncertainty to the patient's outcome will increase confidence in the physician's
strength and laboratory results at the point of clinical decision-making.
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