Comparison of visual vs. automated detection of lipemic, icteric and hemolyzed specimens: Can we rely on a human eye?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1361-1365

  Simundic, Ana Maria ^a   Nikolac, Nora ^a   Ivankovic, Valentina ^a   Ferenec Ruzic, Dragica ^a   Magdic, Bojana ^a   Kvaternik, Marina ^a   Topic, Elizabeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Hemolysis; Icteria; Interference; Lipemia; Preanalytical

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; JAUNDICE; KAPPA STATISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISUAL INSPECTION;

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISION, OCULAR;

ICTERIA;

EID: 73349087188     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.306     Document Type: Article

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