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ABSTRACT: Typical manual and automated technologies used in field chemistry testing are reviewed, along with associated advantages and disadvantages. A brief overview of metabolic disease monitoring is included. Guidelines for evaluating and achieving success are provided, including criteria for system evaluation and expectations for comparative performance evaluations. The more common problems and limitations associated with field chemistry diagnostics and how to best prevent them are also discussed.
Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice 12/2007; 23(3):427-42, v-vi. · 1.47 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The design and use of quality control materials and rationale for implementation of a quality monitoring program are discussed. A simplified approach to a quality monitoring program suitable for in-clinic laboratories is presented. Use of blood films and the mean cell hemoglobin concentration value as adjuncts to quality monitoring in hematology is described. Over time, it is hoped that the profession more widely embraces, if not demands, implementation of quality monitoring for in-clinic laboratory diagnostics.
Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice 04/2007; 37(2):237-44, v-vi. · 1.64 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The typical technologies used in veterinary hematology and biochemical analyzers are reviewed, along with associated advantages and disadvantages. Guidelines for implementing a successful in-clinic laboratory are provided, including criteria for system evaluation and expectations for comparative performance evaluations. The more common problems and limitations associated with in-clinic laboratory diagnostics and how to best prevent them are also discussed.
Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice 04/2007; 37(2):221-36, v. · 1.64 Impact Factor
