Can unmanned aerial systems (Drones) be used for the routine transport of chemistry, hematology, and coagulation laboratory specimens?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Amukele, Timothy K ^a,b   Sokoll, Lori J ^a   Pepper, Daniel ^c,e   Howard, Dana P ^d,f   Street, Jeff ^d,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NextGen Aeronautics   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

^f NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONFIRMATION BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHLEBOTOMY; PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY CONTROL; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM; AIRCRAFT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DEVICES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941662601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134020     Document Type: Article

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