Performance evaluation of the latest fully automated hematology analyzers in a large, commercial laboratory setting: A 4-way, side-by-side study

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-297

  Bourner, Gini ^a   Dhaliwal, J ^a   Sumner, J ^a  

^a DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

4 way evaluation; Aged Samples; Complete blood counts; Flagging; High throughput hematology analyzers; Productivity; Reticulocytes; Slide Review Rates

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANADA; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; STANDARDIZATION; AUTOMATION; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WORKLOAD;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; ONTARIO; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33645003173     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/LH96.05036     Document Type: Article

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