Liquid Reagents ready to use

REAGENT PREPARATION

MANUAL TEST PROCEDURE

Substrate Start

Bring reagents and samples to room temperature.

The reagents are ready to use.

Substrate Start

Sample Start:
Mix 4 parts of Reagent 1 with 1 part of Reagent 2.
(= Working Reagent)

CREATININE
"Mod. Jaffe"
2 Reagents

REAGENT STABILITY AND STORAGE

Conditions:

Diagnostic reagent for quantitative in vitro

determination of creatinine in human serum, plasma
or urine on photometric systems

protect from light

close immediately after use
Do not freeze the reagents!

Substrate Start:
Storage:
at 2 25C
Stability
up to the expiration date
Sample Start (Working Reagent):
Stability:
at 15 25 C

D95595

4 x 100 mL Reagent 1
1 x 100 mL Reagent 2

5 x 100 mL

D04851
D04871
D94592
D98485
D98481
D98482
D08581
D08582

5 x 10 mL
5 x 100 mL
1 x 3 mL
5 x 3 mL
12 x 5 mL
12 x 5 mL
12 x 5 mL
12 x 5 mL

Creatinine Supplement
Creatinine Urine Diluent
Creatinine Standard
Calibrator
Diacal Auto
Control normal
Diacon N
Control abnormal
Diacon P
Urine Ctrl. norm.
Diacon Urine Level 1
Urine Ctrl. abnorm. Diacon Urine Level 2

TEST PARAMETERS
Method:
Wavelength:
Temperature:
Sample:
Linearity:
Sensitivity:

Colorimetric, 2 Point Kinetic, "mod. Jaffe,

Increasing reaction
Hg 492 nm (490 nm - 510 nm)
20C-25C / 37C
Serum, heparin plasma, urine
up to 15 mg/dL (1330 mol/L)
The lower limit of detection is 0.2 mg/dL (17.7
mol/L)

REAGENT COMPOSITION
COMPONENTS
Reagent 1: (R1)
Sodium Hydroxide
Reagent 2: (R2)
Picric Acid

Sample Start
Pipette into test tubes
Blank
Std/Cal.
Sample
Working Reagent
1000 L
1000 L
1000 L
Sample
50 L
Std./Cal.
50 L
Mix. Incubate 1 min. and read A1 against reagent blank.
Incubate for exactly 2 min. and read A2 against reagent blank.
Calculate: A = (A2 - A1) sample or standard

5 hours

SAMPLE PREPARATION
Urine: Dilute urine 1 + 49 with dist. water.

Additionally offered:

CONCENTRATIONS

SAMPLE STABILITY AND STORAGE [5]

serum/heparin plasma:
urine:

at 4 - 25C
at -20C

7 days
at least 3 months

at 20 - 25C
at 4 - 8C
at -20C

2 days
6 days
6 months

FREEZE ONLY ONCE!

Discard contaminated specimens.

STANDARD
(has to be ordered separately)
Concentration
2 mg/dL (177 mol/L)
Storage:
2 25C
Stability:
up to the expiration date
CLOSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER USE!

INTERFERING SUBSTANCES
no interference up to:
ascorbic acid
bilirubin
hemoglobin
triglycerides

30 mg/dL
4 mg/dL
500 mg/dL
2000 mg/dL

0.2 mol/L
20 mmol/L

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Pipette into test tubes

Blank
Std/Cal.
Sample
Reagent 1
1000 l
1000 L
1000 L
Sample
50 L
Std./Cal.
50 L
Mix. Incubate 0 - 5 min., then add:
Reagent 2
250 L
250 L
250 L
Mix. Incubate 1 min. and read A1against reagent blank.
Incubate for exactly 2 min. and read A2 against reagent blank.
Calculate: A = (A2 - A1) sample or stdandard

CALCULATION (light path 1 cm)

Serum/Plasma:
Creatinine (mg/dL) =

A Sample
A Std/Cal

Urine:
Creatinine (mg/dL) =

A Sample
A Std/Cal

x Conc. Std/Cal (mg/dl) x 50

Creatinine Clearance [7]

mg Creatinine/100 ml Urine x ml Urine/24 h
[mL/min/1.73 m] =
mg Creatinine/100 ml Serum x 1440
The calculated creatinine clearance refers to the average body
2
surface of an adult (1.73 m ).
2

Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate [mL/min/1.73 m ] according

to MDRD (modification of diet in renal disease) using creatinine
values obtained by a standardized method [6].
For serum creatinine (sCr) [mg/dL]:
-1.154
-0.203
x age
x 1.212 (if Afro-American) x 0.742 (if
GFR = 175 x sCr
female)
For serum creatinine (sCr) [mol/L]:
-1.154
-0.203
x age
x 1.212 (if Afro-American) x 0.742
GFR = 30849 x sCr
(if female)

AUTOMATION

UNIT CONVERSION

Special adaptations for automated analyzers can be made on request.

mg/dL x 88.4 = mol/L

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Rev. 04, 2010.07.22.

REFERENCE RANGE *

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS

Serum / Plasma, not compensated:

mg/dL
mol/L
Adults [1]
Women
0.6 1.1
53 97
Men
0.9 1.3
80 115
Children [2,8]
Neonate
0.5 1.2
45 105
Infant
0.4 0.7
35 62
Child
0.5 1.2
45 105
Serum / Plasma, compensated:
mg/dL
mol/L
Adults [3]
Women
0.5 0.9
44 80
Men
0.7 1.2
62 106
Children [9]
Neonate
0.24 1.04
21 92
Infant
0.17 0.42
15 37
Child
0.24 0.87
21 77
Urine [1]:
Women
11 20 mg/kg/24h
97 177 mol/kg/24h
Men
14 26 mg/kg/24h 124 230 mol/kg/24h
Creatinine clearance [2]:
2
Women
95 - 160 mL/min/1.73 m
2
Men
98 - 156 mL/min/1.73 m

LINEARITY

WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS

The test has been developed to determine creatinine

concentrations within a measuring range from 0.2 15 mg/dL
(17.7 1330 mol/L). Above this concentration, samples should
be diluted 1 + 1 with NaCl solution (9 g/L in dist. water) and
reassayed multiplying the result by 2.

PRECISION (at 37C)

Intra-assay, n = 20
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3

Mean [mg/dl]
0.56
1.24
6.73

SD [mg/dl]
0.01
0.01
0.06

CV [%]
1.30
0.83
0.93

Inter-assay, n = 20
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3

Mean [mg/dl]
0.81
1.60
5.73

SD [mg/dl]
0.03
0.01
0.05

CV [%]
3.63
0.87
0.85

1. Reagent 1 is irritating:Xi
R 36/38: Irritating to eyes and skin.
S2: Keep out of the reach of children.
S 26: In case of contact with eyes rinse immediately with
plenty of water and seek medical advice.
S37/39: Wear suitable gloves and eye/face protection
2. Reagents and standard:
S24/25: Avoid contact with skin and eyes
3. Please refer to the safety data sheets and take the necessary
precautions for the use of laboratory reagents.

WASTE MANAGEMENT
Please refer to local legal requirements.

REFERENCES
1.

METHOD COMPARISON

* Each laboratory should check if the reference ranges are transferable to its
own patient population and determine own reference ranges if necessary.

A comparison of Dialab Creatinine (y) with a commercially

available Jaff method (x) using 68 human sera samples within a
range of 0.6 10 mg/dL (53.0 884 mol/L) gave following
results: y = 1.014 x 0.031 mg/dL; r = 1.000.
A comparison of Dialab Creatinine compensated (y) with the
enzymatic method (x) using 66 human sera samples within a
range of 0.5 4.3 mg/dL (44.2 380 mol/L) gave following
results: y = 0.982 x + 0.045 mg/dL; r = 0.997.

TEST PRINCIPLE

QUALITY CONTROL

Creatinine forms a colored orange-red complex in an alkaline

picrate solution. The difference in absorbance at fixed times
during conversion is proportional to the concentration of creatinine
in the sample.

All controls with Creatinine values determined by this method can

be used. We recommend:

2.
3.

4.

5.

COMPENSATED METHOD [3,4]

Picric acid which forms the coloured complex reacts unspecifically
with interfering serum components, so-called pseudo-creatinines.
This leads to falsely elevated creatinine values in serum and plasma
samples especially in the low measuring range. To compensate
these interferences the calibrator value for the compensated
method indicated in the value sheet of Diacal Auto has to be used
for calculation. Additionally 0.3 mg/dL (27 mol/L) has to be
subtracted from the calculated creatinine value. For use of the
compensated method calibration with the calibrator Diacal Auto is
strictly recommended. The method is applicable only for serum and
plasma samples.
The compensated method is traceable to GC-IDMS and can
therefore be used for estimation of the glomerular filtration rate
using the MDRD formula as mentioned above [6].

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D98481
D98482
D08581
D08582

12 x 5 mL
12 x 5 mL
12 x 5 mL
12 x 5 mL

DIACON N Assayed Ctrl Serum Norm.

DIACON P Assayed Ctrl. Serum Abnorm.
Diacon Urine Level 1 Urine Ctrl. norm.
Diacon Urine Level 2 Urine Ctrl. abnorm.

CALIBRATION

6.

7.

8.
9.

The assay requires the use of a creatinine standard or calibrator.

We recommend:

Newman DJ, Price CP. Renal function and nitrogen metabolites. In:
Burtis CA, Ashwood ER, editors. Tietz Textbook of Clinical
Chemistry. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B Saunders Company; 1999. p.
1204-1270.
Thomas L. Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics. 1st ed. Frankfurt: THBooks Verlagsgesellschaft; 1998. p. 366-74.
Mazzachi BC, Peake MJ, Ehrhardt V. Reference Range and Method
Comparison Studies for Enzymatic and Jaff Creatinine Assays in
Plasma and Serum and Early Morning Urine. Clin. Lab. 2000; 46: 53-55
Swanson AF, Swartzentruber M, Nolen PA et al. Multicenter Evaluation
of the Boehringer Mannheim Compensated, Rate-Blanked
Creatinine/Jaffe Application on BM/Hitachi Systems. Advances in
Clinical Diagnostics. 1993. Boehringer Mannheim Corporation
Guder WG, Zawta B. Recommendations of the Working group on
Preanalytical Quality of the German Society for Clinical Chemistry
and the German Society for Laboratory Medicine: The quality of
Diagnostic Samples. 1st ed Darmstadt: GIT Verlag 2001; p. 24-5,50-1
Levey AS, Coresh J, Greene T, Marsh J et al: Expressing the
Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Equation for Estimating
Glomerular Filtration Rate with Standardized Serum Creatinine
Values. Clin Chem 2007; 53 (4): 766-72.
Junge W, Wilke B, Halabi A, Klein G. Determination of reference
intervals for serum creatinine, creatinine excretion and creatinine
clearance with an enzymatic and a modified Jaff method. Clin Chim
Acta 2004; 344: 137-148
Soldin SJ, Brugnara C, Wong EC, eds. Pediatric Reference Intervals.
6th ed. AACC Press, 2007: p.77-78
Schlebusch H, Liappis N, Klein G. Ultrasensitive CRP and Creatinine:
Refernece intervals from infancy to childhood. Clin Chem Lab Med.
2001; 39 Special supplement pp S1-S448; May 2001. PO-T042

D94592 1 x 3 mL CREATININE STANDARD

D98485 5 x 3 mL DIACAL AUTO Assayed Multi Calibr. Serum
Calibrator values have been made traceable to NIST (National
Institute for Standardization) Standard Reference Material SRM
967 using level 1 and 2 and therefore to GC-IDMS (gas
chromatography isotope dilution mass spectrometry).
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