Madhuri Thakar, Francis Angira, Kovit Pattanapanyasat, Alan H B Wu, Maurice O'Gorman, Hui Zeng, Chenxue Qu, Bharati Mahajan, Kasama Sukapirom, Danying Chen, Yu Hao, Yan Gong, Monika De Arruda Indig, Sharon Graminske, Diana Orta, Nicole d'Empaire, Beverly Lu, Imelda Omana-Zapata, Clement Zeh
Background: The BD FACSPresto™ system uses capillary and venous blood to measure CD4 absolute counts (CD4), %CD4 in lymphocytes, and hemoglobin (Hb) in approximately 25 minutes. CD4 cell count is used with portable CD4 counters in resource-limited settings to manage HIV/AIDS patients. A method comparison was performed using capillary and venous samples from seven clinical laboratories in five countries. The BD FACSPresto system was assessed for variability between laboratory, instrument/operators, cartridge lots and within-run at four sites...
2017: Open AIDS Journal