Technological advances in the Hemostasis laboratory

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-185

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b   Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^c  

^a ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

automation; coagulation; errors; hemostasis testing; quality

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROL SYSTEM; CORE LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MIXER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHLEBOTOMY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SERUM; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBE; TURNAROUND TIME; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; THROMBOSIS; TRENDS;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84896730641     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: 10989064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1364206     Document Type: Article

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