Workflow and maintenance characteristics of five automated laboratory instruments for the diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2299-2304

  Ratnam, Sam ^a,b   Jang, Dan ^c   Gilchrist, Jodi ^c   Smieja, Marek ^c   Poirier, Andre ^d   Hatchette, Todd ^e   Flandin, Jean Frederic ^f   Chernesky, Max ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Newfoundland and Labrador Public Health Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AUTOMATION TIME; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE; FEMALE; HANDS ON TIME; HUMAN; LABORATORY DEVICE; MANUAL LABOR; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEST CAPACITY; TIME TO RESULTS; WORKFLOW; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION STUDY; GONORRHEA; HOSPITAL SERVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; PROCEDURES; TIME;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MAINTENANCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TIME FACTORS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84903767434     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03549-13     Document Type: Article

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