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Draft protocol for testing calibration and quality control material used with automatic blood-counting apparatus

P J Crosland-Taylor, R W Allen, J M England

    Clinical and Laboratory Haematology
    |January 1, 1979
    PubMed

    A large number of commercial preparations are now available for calibrating or checking the stability of automatic blood counters. Most of these preparations are supplied with 'stated' values though the methods for assigning these values are not described in sufficient detail to allow for an adequate assessment of the validity. The Haemocytometry Panel of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology are therefore proposing a draft protocol for testing calibration and quality control materials. Comments on the draft protocol are invited, either as letters to the Editor of Clinical and Laboratory Haematology or in confidence to the Chairman of the Haemocytometry Panel.

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