Operating clinical analyzers within recommended parameters can be challenging during outbreak response. Using the Piccolo Xpress point-of-care blood chemistry analyzer on guinea pig blood, we found that values of many analytes are still readily comparable when samples and reagent discs are handled at various conditions outside of manufacturer recommendations.
Keywords: Ebola; Ebola virus disease; clinical chemistry; field studies; hemorrhagic fever; mobile treatment unit; outbreak response; point-of-care; viruses.