Publications by authors named "Gert Blankenstein"
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- Preanalytical errors from hemolyzed blood samples can lead to incorrect potassium (K+) measurements in lab tests, especially in blood gas analyzers like the GEM Premier 7000 with integrated hemolysis detection.
- The GEM 7000 was tested for how well it identifies hemolyzed samples using different methods, showing a strong correlation with traditional detection techniques.
- Results indicated that the GEM 7000 accurately detects hemolysis, providing a reliable solution to enhance the quality of K+ testing at point-of-care facilities.
The c-reactive protein (CRP) is a very significant human blood marker for inflammatory processes and is routinely determined for many clinical purposes. The widespread and well established detection method for this approximately 115 kDa hepatic protein is the high-sensitivity ELISA assay (hsCRP-ELISA) in blood serum. New approaches in medical CRP diagnosis (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Use of microfluidics in point-of-care testing (POCT) will require on-board fluidics, self-contained reagents, and multistep reactions, all at a low cost. Disposable microchips were studied as a potential POCT platform.
Methods: Micron-sized structures and capillaries were embedded in disposable plastics with mechanisms for fluidic control, metering, specimen application, separation, and mixing of nanoliter to microliter volumes.