San Giovanni Hospital of Rome has re-verified their Sigma VP. The first Italian laboratory to achieve the sigma verification of performance.

 San Giovanni Verification of Performance

Original Verification: November 2020
Verification Period: March 9th, 2023 through March 31st, 2024

San Giovanni Quality Managers and Laboratory Director

San Giovanni - Addolorata is a historical hospital founded in 1338, located in the heart of Rome. Today it serves as a modern hospital with a Level II Emergency Department, and is a Referral Center for Cardiology, Stroke Treatment, Perinatal Intensive Care, numerous multidisciplinary and highly specialized clinical units, as well as a Regional Eye Bank.

 The hospital is characterized by its public service of health protection, which is strongly oriented to level of service and is able to provide timely response to patient needs. San Giovanni - Addolorata puts the patient at the center of all activities and meets patient needs through healthcare activities, providing effective, efficient, appropriate and innovative services.

In particular, the UOC Patologia Clinica laboratory runs emergency and routine analysis for all other hospital departments and for outpatients. The following specialties are included in laboratory activities: clinical chemistry, immunochemistry, hematology,  oncohematological flow cytometry, coagulation and coagulopathy studies, protidology, autoimmune diseases, sexually transmitted diseases molecular biology, prenatal infection study, bacteriology, parasitology.

Chemistry Assays	Alinity C1 Verified	Alinity C2 Verified
Albumin	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Alkaline Phosphatase	Five Sigma	Five Sigma
ALT	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Amylase	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
AST	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Direct	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Bilirubin, Total	Six Sigma	-
Calcium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Chloride	Four Sigma	Six Sigma
Cholesterol	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Creatinine Kinase (CK)	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Creatinine	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
GGT	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Glucose	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
HDL	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Iron	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
LDL	-	Six Sigma
LDH	Four Sigma	Six Sigma
Magnesium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Phosphorous	Five Sigma	Six Sigma
Potassium	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
Protein, Total	Four Sigma	Six Sigma
Triglycerides	Six Sigma	Six Sigma
UIBC	Six Sigma	-
Uric Acid	Five Sigma	Five Sigma

Additional analytes verified:

Immunoassays	Alinity I Verified
AFP	Six Sigma
CA 15-3	Four Sigma
CA 19-9	Four Sigma
CA 125	Four Sigma
Cortisol	Four Sigma
Estradiol	Six Sigma
FSH	Five Sigma
TSH	Six Sigma
Vitamin B12	Four Sigma

Graphic display of San Giovanni performance

 

Congratulations, San Giovanni!!