The PFA-100 System provides automated assessment for inherited, acquired, or drug-induced platelet dysfunction.
The PFA-100 System provides automated assessment for inherited, acquired, or drug-induced platelet dysfunction.
Manufactures: Dade Behring
Advantages of the PFA-100:
- Tests performed on regular blood (blue top) sample
- Blood samples stable for 4 hours after collection
- Reproducible and rapid (10 minutes) to perform
- Correlates closely with platelet aggregation
- Sensitive to acquired and congenital platelet defects (including von Willebrand's Disease)
- Can distinguish aspirin-induced platelet dysfunction from other platelet defects
- Cheaper and faster than platelet aggregation tests
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