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Table 1 Participating laboratories with coagulometers, assays and reagents used

From: Variability between laboratories performing coagulation tests with identical platforms: a nationwide evaluation study

Laboratory¶

Platform

Extrinsic coagulation factors‡

Intrinsic coagulation factors§

Fibrinogen

Factor XIII

  

Assay

Reagents

Assay

Reagents

Assay

Reagents

Assay

Reagents

A †

Instrumentation Laboratory ACL Top 700

Clotting test (photometric)

Recombi-plastin®

Clotting test (photometric)

Hemosil® APPT SP

Clauss method

Hemosil® Fibrinogen-C

Kinetic photometric assay

Berichrom® FXIII

B

Siemens BCS-XP

Clotting test (photometric)

Innovin®

Clotting test (photometric)

Actin®

Clauss method

Multifibren U

Kinetic photometric assay

Berichrom® FXIII

C

Roche STA-R

Clotting test (viscosity)

Innovin®

Clotting test (viscosity)

Actin FS®

Clauss method

STA® Fibrinogen

Latex immunturbidimetry

HEXAMATE® FXIII

D

Sysmex CA7000

Clotting test (photometric)

Innovin®

Clotting test (photometric)

Actin®

Clauss method

Dade® Thrombin

n.a.

n.a.

E

Siemens BCS-XP

Clotting test (photometric)

Innovin®

Clotting test (photometric)

Pathromtin® SL

Clauss method

Multifibren U

Kinetic photometric assay

Berichrom® FXIII

F

Siemens BCS

Clotting test (photometric)

Innovin®

Clotting test (photometric)

Actin FS®

Clauss method

Multifibren U

Kinetic photometric assay

Berichrom® FXIII

G*

Sysmex CA1500

Clotting test (photometric)

Innovin®

Clotting test (photometric)

Actin FS®

Clauss method

Dade® Thrombin

n.a.

n.a.

H

Siemens BCS-XP

Clotting test (photometric)

Innovin®

Clotting test (photometric)

Pathromtin® SL

Clauss method

Multifibren U

Kinetic photometric assay

Berichrom® FXIII

I

Roche STA-R

Clotting test (viscosity)

Innovin®

Clotting test (viscosity)

STA® APPT

Clauss method

bovine thrombin, Diagnotec AG

Kinetic photometric assay

Berichrom® FXIII

  1. ¶ Random order, not matching with the alphabetical list mentioned above. * Laboratory was excluded from analysis of variability between laboratories because not all tests were available. † Laboratory was excluded from analysis of variability between laboratories because of a unique platform. ‡ PT, Factors II, V, VII, X. § Factors VIII, IX, XI.