Techniques used for the screening of hemoglobin levels in blood donors: Current insights and future directions

Journal of Blood Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages 75-88

  Chaudhary, Rajendra ^a   Dubey, Anju ^b   Sonker, Atul ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b T S Misra Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Copper sulfate method; Cut off criteria; Hemoglobin estimation; Noninvasive spectrophotometry; Portable hemoglobinometers; Pre analytical variables

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY POSITION; CAPILLARY BLOOD; COPPER SULFATE GRAVIMETRIC METHOD; CYANMETHEMOGLOBIN METHOD; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HEMODILUTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN COLOR SCALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPUN MICROHEMATOCRIT; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 85026452931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11792736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JBM.S103788     Document Type: Review

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