Evaluation of a new reagent for preserving fresh blood samples and its potential usefulness for internal quality controls of multichannel hematology analyzers

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-396

  Springer, Wolfram ^a   Prohaska, Wolfgang ^b   Neukammer, Jörg ^c   Höpe, Andreas ^c   Von Ruecker, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internal quality control; Multichannel hematology analyzers; Whole blood preserving reagent

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CALIBRATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033058275     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/111.3.387     Document Type: Article

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