International Committee for Standardization in Haematology of the European Society of Haematology. Recommendations and Requirements for Haemoglobinometry in Human Blood.

Recommendations for measurement of serum iron in human blood.

The following method has been approved by the International Committee for Standardization in Haematology (ICSH) Board for publication as an ICSH standard (EP7/1978).

International committee for standardization in haematology.

Red cell membrane protein abnormalities as defined by sds-page among patients with anaemia in a west african region hospital practice

Background: Erythrocytes require an ability to deform and to withstand shear stress while negotiating the microcirculation. These properties are largely due to their excess surface area per volume and the characteristics of the membrane’s protein. Deficiencies of these proteins are associated with chronic haemolysis. Methods: This was a cross sectional  study aimed at determining the prevalenc...

I-5: Semen Analysis - Clinical Laboratories; Is Standardization Applied?

Reduced semen quality is commonly claimed to be one of the main signs of male infertility and thus, analysis of semen is recommended as the cornerstone of a male fertility investigation. However, to control possible sources of physiological and methodological variation, and to generate reliable information on semen quality that can be accurately compared across different laboratories, semen ana...

The reformed International Council for Standardization in Hematology (ICSH).

The International Council for Standardization in Hematology (ICSH) was originally founded as a standardizing committee associated with the European Society of Hematology in 1963. The structure of the council was ratified in 1964 and the Secretariat was subsequently registered legally as an independent foundation in the Netherlands in 1968. Following this, a revised constitution was ratified in ...