| [evaluation of the quality of prothrombin time technique in the basque country]. | the programme for quality assessment in anticoagulant therapy, which was started in the basque country in 1984, included the manufacturing of a standard human thromboplastin reagent plus periodical quality controls of the prothrombin time. a rabbit thromboplastin reagent was available in 1994; it was called thromboplastin bilbao, or tbi, and had to be used as a pattern reagent. its stability, sensitivity and composition were plotted against the manchester reagent, of similar nature and compositi ... | 1998 | 9577180 |
| prothrombin time quality assessment scheme in the basque country. | the basque country quality assessment scheme on oral anticoagulant treatment (peec-cav) was first launched in 1984. this project combined prothrombin time (pt) quality controls and a new in-house standard reagent called thromboplastin bilbao (tbi). originally, this reagent was of human origin, but in 1994, it was replaced by one derived from rabbit brain following who recommendations. nine hospitals in the area collaborated in carrying out quality controls (a) to assess different systems of pt t ... | 2002 | 12091057 |