Clinical performance evaluation of the new hematology analyzer Mindray BC

Introduction: With the progression of blood analysis technology, hematology analyzers become more complex and diverse. How to choose a superb instrument is a challenge for the laboratories. In the essay, we studied whether the newest BC-6000 hematology analyzer meets the needs of a clinical hematology laboratory.

Methods: Methods comparison was performed using 350 blood samples from patients between different measurement procedures; the basic analytical performance was also tested, including the throughput, carryover, precision, and linearity in different modes. The flagging performances for blasts, immature granulocytes, and NRBC were compared with manual microscopy.

Results: There were minimal carryover (