title: Haemoglobinometry in Papua New Guinea.
abstract: In 1978, doctors in Papua New Guinea were questioned about their practice of haemoglobinometry. Forty one doctors carried out blood haemoblobin measurements themselves, 26 used the Sahli method, 26 used a photoelectric absorptiometer method and 9 used the AO/Spencer haemometer. Thirty doctors had no occasion to ever need a haemoglobin estimation and 58 referred blood elsewhere, mostly to a hospital laboratory. The relative advantages of the methods presently available in Papua New Guinea are discussed and the value of quality control emphasized.
mesh_terms: D006452:Hemoglobinometry / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009512:New Guinea; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires