Impact of the coulter LH 750 on productivity, turnaround time, and work flow in a core laboratory

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 218-224

  La Porta, Anthony D ^a   Bowden, A Shalea ^a   Barr, Sharon ^a  

^a St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coulter LH 750; Differential reticulocytes; Flagging; Hematology analyzer; Productivity; Random access; Time savings

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LINEAR SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; WORKING TIME;

EID: 0036970897     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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