Methods Performance C-7
C.17 Performance Characteristics
Linearity
The chemistry for each analyte is linear over the dynamic range listed in Table 2 when the VetScan VS2 Analyzer is
operated according to the recommended procedure (see Section 4).
* Calculated value.
Table 2: VetScan VS2 Dynamic Ranges
Dynamic Range
Analyte Common Units SI Units
ALT 5–2000 U/L 5–2000 U/L
Albumin (ALB) 1.0–6.5 g/dL 10–65 g/L
ALP 5–2400 U/L 5–2400 U/L
Amylase (AMY) 5–4000 U/L 5–4000 U/L
AST 5–2000 U/L 5–2000 U/L
Bile Acid (BA) 1–140 Pmol/L 1–140 Pmol/L
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) 2–180 mg/dL 0.7–64.3 mmol urea/L
Calcium (Ca) 4.0–16.0 mg/dL 1.0–4.0 mmol/L
Chloride (Cl-) 80–135 mmol/L 80–135 mmol/L
Cholesterol (CHOL) 20–520 mg/dL 0.5–13.5 mmol/L
Creatine Kinase (CK) 5–14000 U/L (14K) 5–14000 U/L (14K)
Creatinine (CRE) 0.2–20.0 mg/dL 18–1768 Pmol/L
GGT 5–3000 U/L 5–3000 U/L
Globulin (GLOB*) 1–11 g/dL 10–110 g/L
Glucose (GLU) 10–700 mg/dL 0.6–38.9 mmol/L
Magnesium (Mg) 0–8 mg/dL 0–3.29 mmol/L
Phosphorus (PHOS) 0–20 mg/dL 0–6.46 mmol/L
Potassium (K+) 1.5–8.5 mmol/L 1.5–8.5 mmol/L
Sodium (Na+) 110–170 mmol/L 110–170 mmol/L
Thyroxine (T
4
) 0.5–8.0 Pg/dL 6.5–103 nmol/L
Total Bilirubin (TBIL) 0.1–30.0 mg/dL 1.7–513 Pmol/L
Total Carbon Dioxide (tCO
2
) 5–40 mmol/L 5–40 mmol/L
Total Protein (TP) 2.0–14.0 g/dL 20–140 g/L
Uric Acid (UA) 0.3–25 mg/dL 18–1488 mmol/L