Determination of hemolysis thresholds by the use of data loggers in pneumatic tube systems

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1390-1397

  Streichert, Thomas ^a   Otto, Benjamin ^a   Schnabel, Claudia ^a   Nordholt, Gerhard ^a   Haddad, Munif ^b   Maric, Mario ^b   Petersmann, Astrid ^c   Jung, Roman ^a   Wagener, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Labor Lademannbogen   (Germany)

^c Universitätsklinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; METHEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROCALCITONIN; SODIUM; THYROXINE; TROPONIN T;

ACCELERATION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEMOLYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 80053420455     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.167932     Document Type: Article

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