Thermal stress and point-of-care testing performance: Suitability of glucose test strips and blood gas cartridges for disaster response

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-17

  Louie, Richard F ^a,b   Sumner, Stephanie L ^a   Belcher, Shaunyé ^a   Mathew, Ron ^a   Tran, Nam K ^a   Kost, Gerald J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood gas; Error; Glucose meter; Handheld blood gas analyzer; Stress duration

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COLD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISASTER PLANNING; EQUIPMENT; HEAT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 67649335488     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181979a06     Document Type: Article

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