Evaluation of a mobile clinical pathology laboratory developed for the home care of pediatric patients following transplantation of peripheral blood precursor cells

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1637-1642

  Facco, Fabio ^a   Agazzi, Alessia ^a   Manfredini, Luca ^a   Dallorso, Sandro ^a   Melioli, Giovanni ^a   Mangraviti, Salvatore ^a   Malpasso, Vanessa ^a   Bazurro, Gyada ^a   Biagini, Ennio ^a   Bologna, Roberto ^a   Cappanera, Sandro ^a   Cangemi, Giuliana ^a   Fraternale, Elisabetta ^a   Parodi, Giorgio ^a   Pasquarella, Emilio ^a   Pessina, Rodolfo ^a   Contarini, Cristina ^a   Cervetto, Elda ^a   Caprino, Daniela ^a   Innocenti, Debora ^a   Virga, Francesca ^a   more..

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

external quality assessment; home care; method comparison; mobile laboratory; point of care testing (POCT); quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FULL BLOOD COUNT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MODBILE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNAROUND TIME; URINALYSIS;

CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883022283     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0669     Document Type: Article

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