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Table 2

Overview of processed workloads at the participating laboratories. (For explanation see materials and methods section, workflow study.)

Site	SWA config.	Analytes processed	Average requests per sample	Sample distribution	Total number of samples/ requests	Routine compared
1	PE	3 on ISE	11 (1–36)	CC only: 232	299 samples	Yes,
		30 on P		E only: 18	3281 requests	P800 + E170
		11 on E		CC + E: 49
2	PPE	3 on ISE	11 (1–27)	CC only: 381	555 samples	Yes,
		41 on PP		E only: 14	5839 requests	PP + 2^*E2010
		15 on E		CC + E: 160
		4 on E2010
3	PE	3 on ISE	9 (1–35)	CC only: 287	399 samples	No
		28 on P		E only: 33	3422 requests
		17 on E		CC + E: 79
4	PE	3 on ISE	8 (1–21)	CC only: 318	531 samples	No
		26 on P		E only: 87	4003 requests
		16 on E		CC + E: 126
5	PPE	3 on ISE	6 (1–22)	CC only: 369	573 samples	Yes,
		39 on PP		E only: 63	3668 requests	H917 + H747 + 3 instr. with CLIA + RIA
		19 on E		CC + E: 141
6	DPE	3 on ISE	9 (1–29)	CC only: 1428	1951 samples	No
		12 on D		E only: 77	16805 requests
		25 on P		CC + E: 446
		3 on E

(E2010 = Elecsys 2010; Elecsys is a trademark of a member of the Roche group; CLIA = chemiluminescence immunoassay; RIA = radio immunoassay.)