This work presents microfluidic cartridges for automated blood cell counting towards a point-of-care (POC) full blood count (FBC). Total white blood cell count (WBC) and red blood cell count (RBC) tests were implemented using low-cost, disposable and mass producible microfluidic cartridges with automated sample introduction and processing steps for visual microscopy cell counting to be performed. Results across 10 WBC and 10 RBC cartridges compared well with gold standard FBC results and were within acceptable error ranges.
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Smith, S., Madzivhandila, P., Sewart, R., Govender, U., Becker, H., Land, K. and Roux, P. 2016. Automated microfluidic cartridges for point-of-care cell counting. In: 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2016), 9-13 October 2016
Smith, S., Madzivhandila, P., Sewart, R., Govender, U., Becker, H., Land, K., & Roux, P. (2016). Automated microfluidic cartridges for point-of-care cell counting. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8974
Smith, S, P Madzivhandila, R Sewart, Ureshnie Govender, H Becker, K Land, and P Roux. "Automated microfluidic cartridges for point-of-care cell counting." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8974
Smith S, Madzivhandila P, Sewart R, Govender U, Becker H, Land K, et al, Automated microfluidic cartridges for point-of-care cell counting; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8974 .
