{"title":"一种用于临床化学、全血细胞计数和血红蛋白A1c检测的新型毛细管指棒采血装置的分析验证。","authors":"Yasuhiro Sakai , Taku Kato , Midori Saito , Michiko Osawa , Kazuya Shinmura , Koichi Seto , Kuniaki Saito , Hiroyasu Ito","doi":"10.1016/j.cca.2025.120664","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and aims</h3><div>Capillary Cup® is a novel finger-stick blood collection device equipped with separation float technology to effectively isolate plasma and blood cell layers. This study aimed to evaluate its analytical equivalence compared to venipuncture sampling in clinical chemistry, complete blood count, and hemoglobin A1c testing.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Blood samples were collected from 63 healthy participants for clinical chemistry and hemoglobin A1c tests and 67 for complete blood count tests. Discrepancies between the Capillary Cup® and venipuncture sampling results were analyzed using the 2025 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) acceptance limits and total allowable error (TE<sub>A</sub>) thresholds.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The Capillary Cup® samples showed strong linear correlations with venipuncture samples across proteins, transaminases, kidney function markers, lipids, C-reactive protein, blood cell and platelet counts, white blood cell differentials, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and Wintrobe's indices (<em>r</em> = 0.740–0.999, <em>P</em> < 0.0001). Hemoglobin A1c was accurately measured alongside other clinical chemistry markers in a single kit (<em>r</em> = 0.976, <em>P</em> < 0.0001). All values met the 2025 CLIA acceptance limits, and most also met the TE<sub>A</sub> thresholds. Minor deviations were observed for creatinine, triglycerides, and C-reactive protein, as well as for platelet counts—potentially affected by activation and aggregation—but all remained within acceptance limits and demonstrated preserved linearity.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The Capillary Cup® provides analytically equivalent results to venipuncture for all tested parameters. It is easy to use, reduces waste, and is a potential alternative for at-home health monitoring, addressing challenges in venous access, and reducing iatrogenic blood loss risk in clinical practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10205,"journal":{"name":"Clinica Chimica Acta","volume":"579 ","pages":"Article 120664"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Analytical validation of a novel capillary finger-stick blood sampling device for clinical chemistry, complete blood count, and hemoglobin A1c testing\",\"authors\":\"Yasuhiro Sakai , Taku Kato , Midori Saito , Michiko Osawa , Kazuya Shinmura , Koichi Seto , Kuniaki Saito , Hiroyasu Ito\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.cca.2025.120664\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Background and aims</h3><div>Capillary Cup® is a novel finger-stick blood collection device equipped with separation float technology to effectively isolate plasma and blood cell layers. 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Analytical validation of a novel capillary finger-stick blood sampling device for clinical chemistry, complete blood count, and hemoglobin A1c testing
Background and aims
Capillary Cup® is a novel finger-stick blood collection device equipped with separation float technology to effectively isolate plasma and blood cell layers. This study aimed to evaluate its analytical equivalence compared to venipuncture sampling in clinical chemistry, complete blood count, and hemoglobin A1c testing.
Methods
Blood samples were collected from 63 healthy participants for clinical chemistry and hemoglobin A1c tests and 67 for complete blood count tests. Discrepancies between the Capillary Cup® and venipuncture sampling results were analyzed using the 2025 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) acceptance limits and total allowable error (TEA) thresholds.
Results
The Capillary Cup® samples showed strong linear correlations with venipuncture samples across proteins, transaminases, kidney function markers, lipids, C-reactive protein, blood cell and platelet counts, white blood cell differentials, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and Wintrobe's indices (r = 0.740–0.999, P < 0.0001). Hemoglobin A1c was accurately measured alongside other clinical chemistry markers in a single kit (r = 0.976, P < 0.0001). All values met the 2025 CLIA acceptance limits, and most also met the TEA thresholds. Minor deviations were observed for creatinine, triglycerides, and C-reactive protein, as well as for platelet counts—potentially affected by activation and aggregation—but all remained within acceptance limits and demonstrated preserved linearity.
Conclusions
The Capillary Cup® provides analytically equivalent results to venipuncture for all tested parameters. It is easy to use, reduces waste, and is a potential alternative for at-home health monitoring, addressing challenges in venous access, and reducing iatrogenic blood loss risk in clinical practice.
期刊介绍:
The Official Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC)
Clinica Chimica Acta is a high-quality journal which publishes original Research Communications in the field of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, defined as the diagnostic application of chemistry, biochemistry, immunochemistry, biochemical aspects of hematology, toxicology, and molecular biology to the study of human disease in body fluids and cells.
The objective of the journal is to publish novel information leading to a better understanding of biological mechanisms of human diseases, their prevention, diagnosis, and patient management. Reports of an applied clinical character are also welcome. Papers concerned with normal metabolic processes or with constituents of normal cells or body fluids, such as reports of experimental or clinical studies in animals, are only considered when they are clearly and directly relevant to human disease. Evaluation of commercial products have a low priority for publication, unless they are novel or represent a technological breakthrough. Studies dealing with effects of drugs and natural products and studies dealing with the redox status in various diseases are not within the journal''s scope. Development and evaluation of novel analytical methodologies where applicable to diagnostic clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, including point-of-care testing, and topics on laboratory management and informatics will also be considered. Studies focused on emerging diagnostic technologies and (big) data analysis procedures including digitalization, mobile Health, and artificial Intelligence applied to Laboratory Medicine are also of interest.