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NGHA Riyadh Sigma Verification of Performance

NGHA Riyadh becomes not just the first laboratory in Saudi Arabia to consistently attain Sigma verification, but more broadly is the first laboratory in the Middle East to do so. NGHA Riyadh started their first verification with more than 130 assays on multiple instruments. Now they have expanded to more than 228 assays!!!

National Guard Hospital Administration Riyadh - Sigma Verification of Performance

Original Verification: May 5th, 2016
Duration of Current Verification: December 1st, 2021 through December 31st, 2022

King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, with a bed capacity of 1501, commenced its operations in May 1983. Since then, it has continued expanding, while providing services for a rapidly growing patient population in all of its catchments areas. Today, King Fahad National Guard Hospital has evolved to be part of the King Abdulaziz Medical City with many other prominent medical centers. Since its inauguration in February 2001; and within a short period, KAMC has been recognized as a distinguished healthcare provider.

The verification was completed on a number of Alinity and ARCHTECT instruments, which were internally names APS, Integration, and Statlab and Kasch laboratories. The analytes verified include:

Chemistry Assays Total Lab Automation	Alinity ci # 1 Verified	Alinity ci # 2 Verified	Alinity ci # 3 Verified
Albumin	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Four Sigma
Alkaline Phosphatase	Four Sigma	Five Sigma	Four Sigma
ALT	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Amylase	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
AST	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Direct	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Total	-	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Calcium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Chloride	-	-	Four Sigma
Cholesterol	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
CO2	Four Sigma	-	-
Creatinine Kinase	Four Sigma	Four Sigma	Four Sigma
Creatinine	-	-	Four Sigma
GGT	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Glucose	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
HDL	Five Sigma	Five Sigma	Five Sigma
Iron	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Five Sigma
Lactate	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
LDL	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
LDH	-	Four Sigma	Four Sigma
Lithium	-	-	Six Sigma
Magnesium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Phosphorous	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Potassium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Protein, Total	Five Sigma	Five Sigma	Five Sigma
Triglycerides	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Urea Nitrogen	Four Sigma	Five Sigma	Four Sigma
Uric Acid	Six Sigma	Six Sigma	Six Sigma

Additional chemistry instruments re-verified:

Chemistry Assays Total Lab Automation	Alinity ci # 4 Verified	Architect c16000 Verified
Albumin	Five Sigma	Six Sigma
Alkaline Phosphatase	Four Sigma	Four Sigma
ALT	Five Sigma	Six Sigma
Amylase	Six Sigma	-
AST	Six Sigma	Five Sigma
Bilirubin, Direct	Six Sigma	-
Bilirubin, Total	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Calcium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Chloride	Four Sigma	-
Cholesterol	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
GGT	Five Sigma	-
Glucose	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
HDL	Five Sigma	-
Iron	Four Sigma	-
Lactate	Six Sigma	-
LDL	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
LDH	Five Sigma	-
Lipase	-	Six Sigma
Lithium	Six Sigma	-
Magnesium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Phosphorous	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Potassium	Six Sigma	Five Sigma
Protein, Total	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Triglycerides	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Urea Nitrogen	Four Sigma	Six Sigma
Uric Acid	Six Sigma	Six Sigma

Still more re-verifications, this time Immunoassays:

Immunoassays Total Lab Automation	Alinity ci # 1 Verified	Alinity ci # 2 Verified
AFP	-	Six Sigma
CEA	-	Six Sigma
Cortisol	-	Six Sigma
FSH	Six Sigma	-
hCG	Six Sigma	-
LH	Six Sigma	-
Progesterone	Six Sigma	-
Prolactin	Six Sigma	-
PSA	-	Six Sigma
TSH	Five Sigma	Six Sigma
Vitamin B12	-	Four Sigma

More immunoassay re-verifications:

Immunoassays Total Lab Automation	Alinity ci # 3 Verified	Alinity ci # 4 Verified
AFP	-	Six Sigma
CEA	-	Four Sigma
Cortisol	-	Six Sigma
Digoxin	Five Sigma	Four Sigma
FSH	Five Sigma	-
hCG	Six Sigma	-
LH	Six Sigma	-
Phenobarbital	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Phenytoin	Four Sigma	Four Sigma
Progesterone	Five Sigma	-
Prolactin	Six Sigma	-
PSA	-	Five Sigma
T4 Free	Four Sigma	-
Testosterone	Four Sigma	-
Theophylline	Four Sigma	Four Sigma
TSH	Five Sigma	Five Sigma
Vancomycin	Six Sigma	Six Sigma

KASCH Performance

Chemistry Assays Kasch Lab	Alinity ci # 1 Verified	Architect ci8200 Verified
Albumin	Five Sigma	Six Sigma
Alkaline Phosphatase	Four Sigma	-
ALT	Five Sigma	Five Sigma
Amylase	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
AST	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Direct	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Total	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Calcium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Chloride	Four Sigma	Four Sigma
Cholesterol	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
CO2	Four Sigma	-
Creatinine Kinase (CK)	Four Sigma	-
Creatinine	-	Four Sigma
GGT	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Glucose	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
HDL	Four Sigma	-
Iron	Five Sigma	Four Sigma
Lactate	Six Sigma	-
LDL	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
LDH	-	Four Sigma
Magnesium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Phosphorous	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Potassium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Protein, Total	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Triglycerides	Six Sigma	Five Sigma
Urea Nitrogen	Four Sigma	Five Sigma
Uric Acid	Six Sigma	Six Sigma

KASCH Immunoassays:

Immunoassays Kasch Lab	Alinity ci # 1 Verified	Architect i2000 Verified
Cortisol	Six Sigma	-
hCG	Six Sigma	-
Phenobarbital	Five Sigma	-
Phenytoin	Five Sigma	-
T4 Free	Five Sigma	-
TSH	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Vancomycin	Six Sigma	-
Vitamin B12	Four Sigma	-

Stat Lab performance

Chemistry Assays Stat Lab	Alinity ci # 1 Verified
Albumin	Five Sigma
Alkaline Phosphatase	Four Sigma
ALT	Six Sigma
Amylase	Six Sigma
AST	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Direct	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Total	Four Sigma
Calcium	Six Sigma
Chloride	Four Sigma
Creatinine Kinase (CK)	Four Sigma
GGT	Six Sigma
Glucose	Six Sigma
Lactate	Six Sigma
LDH	Six Sigma
Magnesium	Six Sigma
Phosphorous	Six Sigma
Potassium	Six Sigma
Protein, Total	Six Sigma
Urea Nitrogen	Four Sigma
Uric Acid	Six Sigma