Advantages/Disadvantages of Endpoint
Detection - 1
Interference from icteric or lipemic spec.
Difficulty detecting endpoint with
recombinant reagents
Can’t detect very short clot times
Able to observe graph of clot formation
Good precision
Photo-optical
Unable to observe graph of clot formation
Less precision
No interference from icteric or lipemic spec.
Smaller test volume
Mechanical
Disadvantage
Advantage
Methodology