Quality assessment of CoaguChek point-of-care international normalized ratio monitors: A note of caution [3]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1555-1556

  Kitchen, Steve ^a   Kitchen, Dianne ^a   Jennings, Ian ^a   Woods, Tim ^a   Walker, Isobel ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALIBRATION; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 34547621445     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.088435     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Poller L, Keown M, Ibraham SA, Van der Meer FJM, Van der Besselaar AMHP, Tripod A, et al. Quality assessment of Coaguchek point-of-care prothrombin time monitors: comparison of the European community-approved procedure and conventional external quality assessment. Clin Chem 2006;52:1843-7.
2. Kitchen S, Kitchen DP, Jennings I, Woods TAL, Walker ID, Preston FE. Point-of-care International Normalised Ratios: UK NEQAS experience demonstrates necessity for proficiency testing of three different monitors. Thromb Haemostasis 2006;96:590-6.