Counting platelets at transfusion threshold levels: Impact on the decision to transfuse. A BEST Collaborative - UK NEQAS(H) International Exercise

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 330-336

  Lozano, M ^a   Mahon, A ^b   van der Meer, P F ^c   Stanworth, S ^d   Cid, J ^a   Devine, D ^e   Fung, M K ^f   de la Salle, B ^b   Heddle, N M ^g  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme for General Haematology (UK NEQAS (H))   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^f FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haematology analysers; Low platelet count; Platelet transfusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PLATELETS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84898834760     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12110     Document Type: Article

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