Assembly and evaluation of an inventory of guidelines that are available to support clinical hematology laboratory practice

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 37, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 36-45

  Hayward, C P M ^a,b,c   Moffat, K A ^a,b,c   George, T I ^d   Proytcheva, M ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Flow cytometry; General hematology; Hemoglobinopathy; Laboratory practice; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY LABORATORY PRACTICE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INVENTORY CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; EVALUATION STUDY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84929326160     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12348     Document Type: Article

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