Validation of the Coulter LH 750 in a hospital reference laboratory

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-28

  Aulesa, C ^a   Pastor, I ^a   Naranjo, D ^a   Piqueras, J ^a   Galimany, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical sensitivity; Efficiency; Evaluation; Hematology automated analyzer; Specificity; VCS technology

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEPARIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROBLAST; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; GRANULOCYTOSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MONOCYTOSIS; OUTPATIENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ERYTHROBLASTS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037251015     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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