Optimizing centrifugation of coagulation samples in laboratory automation

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1187-1191

  Suchsland, Juliane ^a   Friedrich, Nele ^a   Grotevendt, Anne ^a   Kallner, Anders ^b   Lüdemann, Jan ^a   Nauck, Matthias ^a   Petersmann, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

centrifugation; coagulation; laboratory automation system; pre analytic phase; robotics; turnaround time; work flow

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; PROTEIN S;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TURNAROUND TIME; WORKFLOW; BLOOD CLOTTING; HEMOSTASIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BLOOD COAGULATION; CENTRIFUGATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84904015616     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0038     Document Type: Article

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