Partial thromboplastin time test--proposed performance guidelines. ICSH Panel on the PTT

Thrombosis and Haemostasis
|February 28, 1986
PubMed

The partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test is widely used as a screening test for the detection of hemophilia. It is also used to monitor patients on heparin anticoagulation. This proposal from a ICSH Panel proposes guidelines for the performance of this test, including comparable reference ranges, precision and sensitivity requirements.