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NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Summer 2014 Comparability Study(Exercise 9)

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Author(s)

Mary Bedner, Susan Tai

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP) in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements. Participants in the ninth exercise of this program, the Summer 2014 Comparability Study, were asked to use the methodology of their choice to measure concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in pooled human serum control and study materials distributed by NIST. The study materials consisted of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2973 Vitamin D Metabolites in Frozen Human Serum (High Level) and VitDQAP-I (a material designed for the VitDQAP). SRM 968d Fat-Soluble Vitamins, Carotenoids, and Cholesterol in Human Serum Level 1 was provided as a control material. Participants provided their data to NIST, where it was compiled and evaluated for trueness relative to the NIST value and concordance within the participant community. A report of results was provided to all participants of the study, and laboratories were identified by code numbers known only to them. The results from this ninth study are reported along with a summary of the analytical methods used.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 8141
Report Number
8141

Keywords

vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, proficiency testing, quality assurance, mass spectrometry, immunoassay

Citation

Bedner, M. and Tai, S. (2016), NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Summer 2014 Comparability Study(Exercise 9), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8141 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created September 19, 2016, Updated November 10, 2018