Why the study?
Does the European Community-approved QA procedure provide similar reliability to conventional external QA analysis for assessing CoaguChek monitors?
Population
523 CoaguChek point-of-care prothrombin time monitors used by patients for controlling oral anticoagulant…
Comparison
Quality assessment using the European… vs Conventional external quality assessment analysis.
Design
Other
Authors
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May support rapid QA as CoaguChek alternative; leaves open prospective outcome validation.
Does the European Community-approved QA procedure provide similar reliability to conventional external QA analysis for assessing CoaguChek monitors?
The European Action on Anticoagulation rapid single-instrument QA procedure is a valid alternative to conventional external QA analysis for CoaguChek monitors.
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