Quantitative tandem mass spectrometry in the clinical laboratory: Regulation and opportunity for validation of laboratory developed tests.

Tandem mass spectrometry is an important analytical tool for clinical laboratories, but tests developed and validated in-house (laboratory developed tests, or LDTs) require special consideration. In late 2022, the forecast for United States (U.S.

End-to-End Data Automation for Pooled Sample SARS-CoV-2 Using R and Other Open-Source Tools.

Background: Due to supply chain shortages of reagents for real-time (RT)-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 and increasing demand on technical staff, an end-to-end data automation strategy for SARS-CoV-2 sample pooling and singleton analysis became necessary in the summer of 2020.

Methods: Using entirely open source software tools-Linux, bash, R, RShiny, ShinyProxy, and Docker-we developed a modular software application stack to manage the preanalytical, analytical, and postanalytical processes for singleton and pooled testing in a 5-week time frame.

Results: Pooling was operationalized for 81 days, during which time 64 pooled runs were performed for a total of 5320 sample pools and approximately 21 280 patient samples in 4:1 format.

Corrigendum to "Migration from RIA to LC-MS/MS for aldosterone determination: Implications for clinical practice and determination of plasma and urine reference range intervals in a cohort of healthy Belgian subjects" [Clin. Mass Spectrom. 9 (2018) 7-17].

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Quantitation of Thyroglobulin in Serum Using SISCAPA and Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).

Accurate measurement of thyrogloblulin (Tg) at low concentrations is essential for recurrence-monitoring in patients who have been treated for papillary and follicular thyroid cancers. The immunoassays commonly employed by clinical laboratories to measure Tg are known to suffer interferences from thyroglobulin autoantibodies (TgAb).We describe a semiautomated stable isotope standards and capture by antipeptide antibodies (SISCAPA®) LC-MS/MS method for the accurate and precise measurement of Tg using 400 uL of serum.

Quantitation of Renin Activity in Plasma Using Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).

Accurate determination of plasma renin activity (PRA) is essential for the development and maintenance of an effective screening program for primary aldosteronism (PA). PRA measurement can also be useful in the investigation of renal artery stenosis, syndrome of mineralocorticoid excess, Addison's disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Bartters and Gitelman syndromes, and for inherited defects in the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS). We describe a semiautomated and simple method for the accurate and precise measurement of PRA from 500 μL of plasma (250 μL if blank subtraction is omitted, as discussed) using a liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for angiotensin I (AngI) in 96-well format.