Evaluation of the CoaguChek XS Plus system in a Swiss community setting

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 988-990

  Deom, Andre ^a   Reber, Guido ^b   Tsakiris, Dimitrios A ^c   Hannes, Francoise Marie ^d,e   Plesch, Winfried ^d,e,f  

^a Quality Control Centre Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Roche Diagnostics   (Switzerland)

^e Roche Diagnostics   (Germany)

^f ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ACCURACY; COAGUCHEK XS; COAGULOMETER; COMMUNITY; DEVICE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DRUG MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWITZERLAND; VITAMIN K;

EID: 66149183006     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-11-0741     Document Type: Letter

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