External quality assessment in the measurement of haemoglobin by blood gas analysers in Belgium

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 735-740

  Van Blerk, M ^a,c   Coucke, W ^a   Chatelain, B ^b   Goossens, W ^b   Jochmans, K ^b   Meeus, P ^b   Mertens, G ^b   Pradier, O ^b   Rummens, J L ^b   Scheiff, J M ^b   Libeer, J C ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b EQA Advisory Board ^*  (Belgium)

^c Wetenschappelijk Instituut Volksgezondheid   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analytical bias; Analytical imprecision; Interlaboratory comparison; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTOR;

BELGIUM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 35648936059     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510701297464     Document Type: Article

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