Executive Summary
The preanalytic phase in laboratory medicine significantly influences the quality and reliability of
test results. This phase, encompassing sample collection, handling, and centrifugation, is crucial
for producing accurate clinical chemistry data. Centrifugation, in particular, impacts serum or
plasma separation, sample integrity, and subsequent analyte measurements.
This investigation presents a comparative analysis of a panel of clinical chemistry results obtained using two
centrifuges commonly deployed in hospital laboratories, the DASH-6 Flex from Drucker
Diagnostics and the StatSpin® Express 4 and then processed on an FDA cleared instrument,
using FDA cleared reagents.
Both centrifuges are compact, user-friendly, and comply with
international safety standards, offering reliable performance for high-quality preanalytic sample
preparation. This ensures that laboratory professionals can confidently use either device for
accurate diagnostic results.
