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Usaid An Icn Hemocue Population 2022
Usaid An Icn Hemocue Population 2022
Authors Laura Hackl,1 Veronica Varela,1 Crystal Karakochuk,2 Dora Inés Mazariegos,3 Kidola Jeremiah,4 Omar Obeid,5 Nirmal Ravi,6
Desalegn Assayu,7 Silvia Alayón,1 Omar Dary,8 Denish Moorthy1
Affiliation 1
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USAID Advancing Nutrition, United States; 2University of British Columbia, Canada; 3Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Guatemala;
National Institute of Medical Research -Mwanza, Tanzania; 5American University of Beirut, Lebanon; 6eHealth Africa, Nigeria; 7Haramaya University, Ethiopia;
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USAID, United States
PosterNo.
Poster No.PAB(T9)-65
PAB(T0)-000
HC:Venous — AA:Venous
HC:Pooled — AA:Venous
HC:Drop — AA:Venous
RESEARCH METHODS of capillary blood and/or the handling of
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The study was implemented in five sites: Cambodia, Guatemala, Lebanon, • Technicians in this study were trained for HC:Pooled collection (figure 2). -30
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Nigeria, and Tanzania. Each site recruited up to four cohorts (one for professionals; variation may increase with AA:Venous AA:Venous AA:Venous
HC:Pooled and three—one per HemoCue model—for HC:Drop comparisons) Tanzania (HemoCue 201+)
of 36 apparently healthy participants (18 WRA and 18 YC). Each participant Table 1: Pattern of Device Systematic Error (left side of the table) and random error or LOA (right side of the table) between the HC:Venous HC:Pooled HC:Drop
provided paired blood samples: one venous and one capillary (HC:Pooled or HemoCue Values with Each Blood Sample Type vs. AA: Venous
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HC:Venous — AA:Venous
HC:Pooled — AA:Venous
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Methods Conclusions
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HC:Drop — AA:Venous
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HC:Drop) to allow for the following comparisons of HemoCue (201+, 301, and Device Systematic Error (Hb g/L) LOA (Hb g/L)
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801) Hb measurements—HemoCue validation (AA:Venous versus HC:Venous) HC:Venous HC:Pooled HC:Drop HC:Venous HC:Pooled HC:Drop -10
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adjusted values per blood sample type. We calculated concordance correlation 801
Data were adjusted via corresponding linear equations.
coefficients (CCC, adjusted and unadjusted), and average Bland-Altman (B-A) Cambodia 201+
CONCLUSION
distance with 95 percent confidence intervals ([CI] or limits of agreement [LOA]). 301
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Further Collaborators
Figure 1. Linear Correlation of Hb Concentration (in g/L) with HC:Venous (y-axis) versus AA:Venous (x-axis) in
HemoCue models; example from Cambodia Tanzania 201+ • Method performance adjustment • Venous was the most reliable for Hb
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HemoCue 201+ HemoCue 301 HemoCue 801
160 160 160 Lebanon 201+ the accuracy of Hb estimates from should be the sample of choice.
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Nigeria 201+ accuracy among the three HemoCue countries, emphasizing the need to
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301 devices was satisfactory and they can avoid using HC:Drop and improving
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HC:Venous Fitted values Difference in g/L ±1 1.1–2 2.1–3.9 >4 ≤10 10.1–15 15.1–20 >20 be used interchangeably. HC:Pooled before considering their
use in HemoCue.