Laboratory Medicine ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 209-213.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2015.03.001

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Introduction of the ICSH guidelines for the verification and performance of automated cell counters for body fluids, 2014 edition

HU Xiaobo1, YAO Yiting2, WANG Qing3, XIONG Lifan4   

  1. 1. No.3 People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanhai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201900, China
    2. St. Luke's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200050, China
    3. Shanghai Centre for Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai 200126, China
    4. Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200001,China
  • Received:2015-02-16 Online:2015-03-30 Published:2015-04-16

Abstract:

This article introduces the 2014 edition of International Committee for Standardization in Hematology(ICSH) guidelines for the verification and performance of automated cell counters for body fluids. This guideline provides the particular methods and requirements for laboratories to verify the performance of automated cell counters in the aspects of accuracy, precision, patient correlation, carryover, limits of detection, analytical measurement range, etc. Meanwhile they specify that laboratories should execute the verification of their automated cell counters for different body fluids.

Key words: Automated cell counts, Body fliuds, Cerebrospinal fluid, Verification

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