The rate of manual peripheral blood smear reviews in outpatients

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1401-1405

  Froom, Paul ^a   Havis, Rosa ^a   Barak, Mira ^a  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Manual; Outpatient; Peripheral; Smear review; Triggering values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349101066     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.308     Document Type: Article

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