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SUBMITTER: Whitehead RD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5685159 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Whitehead Ralph D RD Zhang Ming M Sternberg Maya R MR Schleicher Rosemary L RL Drammeh Bakary B Mapango Carine C Pfeiffer Christine M CM
Clinical biochemistry 20170412 9
<h4>Background</h4>In field studies, hemoglobin (Hb) is often measured using a battery-operated, portable HemoCue® hemoglobinometer.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared the performance of 2 HemoCue® models (Hb-201+ and Hb-301) and investigated effects of preanalytical factors on Hb results by simulating unfavorable field conditions.<h4>Results</h4>The Hb-301 produced 2.6% higher results compared to the Hb-201+. Hb had to be measured within 1min of filling the Hb-301 cuvette to avoid artificially elevated ...[more]