Variation in haemoglobin measurement across different HemoCue devices and device operators in rural Cambodia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 615-618

  Rappaport, Aviva I ^a   Barr, Susan I ^a   Green, Timothy J ^b   Karakochuk, Crystal D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical Methods; Diagnostic Screening; Haematology

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMBODIA; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETER; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL HEALTH; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAMBODIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021244991     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2017-204351     Document Type: Article

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