Characterization of biotin interference in 21 Vitros 5600 immunoassays and risk mitigation for patient safety at a large academic medical center.

CONCLUSIONS: Analytical bias caused by biotin interference is dependent on biotin concentration but independent of analyte concentration for immunometric methods using the Vitros 5600, and dependent on both biotin and analyte concentration for competitive immunoassays. Multi-disciplinary education and a lab streptavidin-microparticle pretreatment method help mitigate risk of erroneous results due to biotin interference for patient safety. PMID: 31677994 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Biochemistry - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Tags: Clin Biochem Source Type: research