Quality specification in haematology: The automated blood cell count

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-54

  Buttarello, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated blood cell count; Haematologic report; Imprecision; Inaccuracy; Medical review criteria; Quality specifications

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; EDETIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD STORAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG CHOICE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242708819     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.02.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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