Thromboelastography/-metry and external quality control
Schwaiger, M.; Jámbor, C.; Dick, A. · Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie · 2010 · Heft 02 · S. 91 bis 95
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SummaryThromboelastography/thromboelastometry (TEG→/ROTEM→) is widely used in near-patient setting, especially in perioperative and intensive care medicine for the management of acute bleeding. Until now a comprehensive quality management especially an external quality control of TEG→/ROTEM→ results is not established. Here we report about our results of a pilot survey performed in 2008 and 2009 integrated in the External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQAS) performed by INSTAND. According to this first EQAS data ROTEM→ results can be controlled in external quality schemes using lyophilized plasma samples. The clot…