Quality Management
Jia Zheng, Qu Shoufang, Gao Yingying, Zhang Wenxin, Sun Nan, Shen Min, Li Lili, Zhang Hezhan
Objective: To carry out a quantitative traceability study on cystatin C, and to develop cystatin Cfrozen human serum national standard, which can be used for evaluating the accuracy of cystatin C test kits,and improving the ability of human serum cystatin C detection. Methods: Human serum samples were used asraw materials for aseptic sub-packaging and preparation of cystatin C frozen human serum national standard.The candidate of cystatin C frozen human serum national standard was assigned and calibrated by the method of multi-laboratory joint assignment, which was traceable to the international standard ERM-DA471/IFCC, and theaccuracy of the traceability chain has been verifi ed. The homogeneity and stability of the national standard wasverifi ed by the method of immune turbidimetry. Results: The cystatin C frozen human serum national standardwas established, which contains two concentration levels: level 1 (0.94 ± 0.03) mg·L-1 (k=2), Level 2 (3.52 ± 0.09)mg·L-1 (k=2); cystatin C frozen human serum national standard has good homogeneity and stability. The resultsof the 30-day short-term stability study showed that cystatin C frozen human serum national standard (level 1 andlevel 2) were stable for 5 days at room temperature; at 2-8 ℃, level 1 can be stable for 10 days and level 2 canbe stable for 20 days. At -20 ℃, both level 1 and level 2 can be stable for at least 30 days. The accuracy of thetraceability was verifi ed by using the serum reference panel and clinical serum samples, study results show that thenational standard and international standard ERM-DA471/IFCC have good traceability. Conclusion: The CystatinC frozen human serum national standard (360046-202001) has been approved and provided to the society withthe quantitative traceability study, which can be used for the accuracy evaluation of the cystatin C detection kit inhuman serum and the accuracy evaluation of clinical laboratory detection system values.