Harmonisation of D-dimer - A call for action

Affiliations

• ¹ Biotherapeutics, Haemostasis Section, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms EN63QG, UK.
• ² Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings, Englewood, CO, USA.
• ³ Department of Pathology, South Texas Reference Laboratories, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
• ⁴ United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Blood Coagulation (Blood Coagulation), Sheffield, UK.
• ⁵ Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
• ⁶ ECAT Foundation (External quality Control for Assays and Tests), The Netherlands; Diagnostic Haemostasis Laboratory, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Australia.
• ⁷ Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
• ⁸ Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Academic Hospital of Parma, Italy.
• ⁹ Department of Haematology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].