Internal quality control and external quality assurance of platelet function tests

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-149

  Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

External quality assurance; Internal quality control; PFA 100; Platelet function; Standardization

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; COLLAGEN; RISTOCETIN;

BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FUNCTION TEST; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEMOSTASIS; LABORATORY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; BLOOD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; HUMANS; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 63149123860     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: 10989064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220322     Document Type: Review

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