Performance evaluation of the complete blood count and white blood cell differential parameters obtained using a Celtac F automated hematology analyzer

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Kondo, Hiroshi ^a   Akiyama, Toshiyuki ^b   Tatsumi, Noriyuki ^c   Nagai, Yutaka ^d  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KINDAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c International Buddhist University   (Japan)

^d NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

CBC parameters; Celtac F hematology analyzer; WBC 5 part differential

Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATION; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EOSINOPHIL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LINEAR SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALIBRATION; HEMATOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842484345     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/LH96.03053     Document Type: Article

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