The Preparation of Control Blood for External Quality Assessment Programs in Oral Anticoagulant Control

Summary

A method is described for the preparation of blood samples differing in coagulability, now used for external quality control in The Netherlands by laboratories employing thrombotest for the assessment of oral anticoagulant agents.

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