Analytical evaluation and quality assessment of the ARKRAY ADAMS A1c HA-8190V for Hb A1c

ARKRAY ADAMS A1c HA-8190V is a fully automated high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) system for the measurement of HbA1c. The runtime is 58 s per sample in the Variant mode and 24 s per sample in the Fast mode. We evaluated the analytical performance of this analyzer in the Variant mode, to verify the quality of analysis, according to the consensus criteria established for this measurand. Reproducibility, trueness, carry-over, linearity, interferences and comparison with ARKRAY ADAMS A1c HA-8180V and HA-8180T analyzers were evaluated. Total CVs were 0.76% (IFCC units) 0.55 (NGSP units) at low HbA1c concentration and 0.85% (IFCC units) 0.68 (NGSP units) at high HbA1c concentration. Mean difference with the target values was -1.25 mmol/mol (-0.119%) and total error at medium level was 2.83% (IFCC units), 2.46% (NGSP units) Carry-over was 0%. Linearity was shown in the range 27-122 mmol/mol (4.6-13.3%). The results were not affected in the range of total Hb 59-199 g/L, labile fraction up to 5.5%, carbamylated up to Hb 6.3% nor acetylated Hb up to 5.3%. Method comparison demonstrated good concordance between the methods. The analyzer demonstrated a high analytical performance adequate for routine clinical use in laboratories with high workloads.