Hemoglobin Point-of-Care Testing: The HemoCue System

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 198-205

  Sanchis Gomar, Fabian ^a   Cortell Ballester, José ^b   Pareja Galeano, Helios ^a   Banfi, Giuseppe ^c   Lippi, Giuseppe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

anemia; automated hemocytometers; blood donors; delivery of health care; hemoglobin concentration

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; AUTOMATED HEMOCYTOMETERS; BIOLOGICAL MATRIXES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES;

LABORATORIES;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMATOLOGY EQUIPMENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANEMIA; AUTOMATED HEMOCYTOMETERS; BLOOD DONORS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84879643975     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 22110690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2211068212457560     Document Type: Review

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