Performance of automated slidemakers and stainers in a working laboratory environment-routine operation and quality control

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 32, Issue 1 PART.1, 2010, Pages

  Simson, E ^a   Gascon Lema, M G ^a   Brown, D L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated slidemaker stainers; Blood cell morphology; Leukocyte differential counts; Peripheral blood films; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FILM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTE; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BASOPHILS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EOSINOPHILS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77249150594     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553x.2009.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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