Value of central analysis of leucocyte depletion quality control data within the National Blood Service, England

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 110-118

  Beckman, Neil ^a   Cardigan, R ^a   Wallington, T ^a   Williamson, L M ^a  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leucocyte depletion; Monitoring; Specification; Standardization

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; CELL SEPARATION; ENGLAND; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0038729264     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2002.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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