Drop-to-drop variation in the cellular components of fingerprick blood: Implications for point-of-care diagnostic development

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 885-894

  Bond, Meaghan M ^a   Richards Kortum, Rebecca R ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary blood; Fingerprick blood; Fingerstick blood; Hemoglobin; Point of care diagnostics; WBC

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGERPRICK BLOOD; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VENOUS BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; FINGER; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FINGERS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84947968161     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP1L7DKMPCHPEH     Document Type: Article

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