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Table 3 Calculation of PCR efficiency using ORF1ab Ct values for EQA samples

From: Assessing the comparability of cycle threshold values derived from five external quality assessment rounds for omicron nucleic acid testing

RT-PCR Kits

Three dilutions

Four dilutions

1/slope

E (%)

r2

1/slope

E (%)

r2

BioGerm

− 0.238

72.98

0.9913

− 0.3723

135.67

0.8586

DaAn

− 0.28

90.55

0.9902

− 0.2917

95.75

0.9956

BGI

− 0.2519

78.61

0.9614

− 0.2561

80.34

0.9863

Geneodx

− 0.2478

76.93

0.9995

− 0.2947

97.11

0.9824

Kinghawk

− 0.2083

61.55

0.9834

− 0.2641

83.70

0.9575

Hybribio

− 0.35

123.87

0.9682

− 0.4022

152.46

0.9753

Maccura

− 0.3584

128.24

0.9618

− 0.3694

134.10

0.9858

EasyDiagnosis

− 0.3254

111.54

0.9839

− 0.3307

114.14

0.9943

Nagene

− 0.2213

66.46

0.9985

− 0.3253

111.49

0.9009

Sansure

− 0.329

113.30

0.9572

− 0.3277

112.67

0.9855

Bioperfectus

− 0.2951

97.29

0.9999

− 0.3609

129.56

0.976

Zybio

− 0.2676

85.18

0.9857

− 0.3531

125.48

0.9444

  1. EQA, external quality assessment; r2, the coefficient of determination; E, efficiency; BioGerm, Shanghai BioGerm Medical Technology Co., Ltd; DaAn, DaAn Gene Co., Ltd; BGI, BGI Bio-tech Co., Ltd; Geneodx, Shanghai Geneodx Biotechnology Co., Ltd; Kinghawk, Beijing Kinghawk Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd; Hybribio, Guangdong Hybribio Biotech Co., Ltd; Maccura, Maccura Biotechnology Co., Ltd; EasyDiagnosis, Wuhan EasyDiagnosis Biomedicine Co., Ltd; Nagene, Beijing Nagene Diagnosis Reagent Co., Ltd; Sansure, Sansure Biotech Inc.; Bioperfectus, Jiangsu Bioperfectus Technologies Co., Ltd; Zybio, Zybio lnc