In-vitro hemolysis and its financial impact using different blood collection systems

LaboratoriumsMedizin

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-55

  Cadamuro, Janne ^a   Fiedler, Georg Martin ^b   Mrazek, Cornelia ^a   Felder, Thomas Klaus ^a   Oberkofler, Hannes ^a   Kipman, Ulrike ^c   Haschke Becher, Elisabeth ^a   Wiedemann, Helmut ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UT SPSS Statistics   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood collection; hemolysis; preanalytic

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL;

EID: 84958982335     PISSN: 03423026     EISSN: 14390477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/labmed-2015-0078     Document Type: Article

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