Abstract
The commutability of control materials used for external quality assessment (EQA) programs is of great importance. Evaluating the commutability of control materials is crucial to assess their suitability for EQA programs. Forty-eight individual patient serum samples, commercial EQA samples, human serum pools (HSPs), commercially available sterile filtered charcoal stripped serum (CS) and swine serum were analyzed using the isotope dilution liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (ID LC-MS/MS) comparative method and six immunoassays for progesterone. The commutability was assessed according to the EP14-A2 guideline and the difference in bias approach, respectively. According to the EP14-A2 guideline, HSPs and CS were commutable for all the tested immunoassays, while swine serum showed positive matrix effects in some assays. Based on the difference in bias approach, a large number of inconclusive and noncommutable results appeared. The commutability of the processed materials varied depending on which evaluation approach and criterion was applied. Noncommutability of the EQA materials was observed. And HSPs and CS were possible commutable candidate control materials according to the EP14-A2 guideline.
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