Multicenter evaluation of the hemolysis index in automated clinical chemistry systems

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 934-939

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,i,j   Luca Salvagno, Gian ^a   Blanckaert, Norbert ^b,i   Giavarina, Davide ^c   Green, Sol ^d,i   Kitchen, Steve ^e,i   Palicka, Vladimir ^f,i   Vassault, Anne J ^g,i   Plebani, Mario ^h,i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d BD Diagnostics Preanalytical Systems   (United States)

^e ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^g HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ EPSC European Preanalytical Scientific Committee ^*  (Italy)

^j International Federation of Clinical Chemistry   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Errors; Hemolysis; Hemolysis index (HI); Patient safety; Preanalytical variability

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY;

EID: 70349484951     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.218     Document Type: Article

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