Manual and centrifugal analyzer determination of cholesterol and triglycerides with single-vial enzymatic reagents.

We have assessed Calbiochem single-vial enzymatic reagent systems for the analysis for cholesterol and triglycerides, using manual and centrifugal analyzer techniques. Analysis for cholesterol by both techniques had acceptable performance by the short-term criteria of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) during this study carried out under optimal conditions of variance. Analysis for triglycerides by the manual technique did not meet CDC criteria, and we do not recommend use of this method. Analysis for triglycerides by the centrifugal analyzer technique had acceptable short-term precision but had unacceptable accuracy at high concentrations of triglycerides; this method may be considered to have acceptable performance for routine laboratory use.