title: The relevance of haemolysis testing.
abstract: Testing for haemolysis is usually considered an essential part of the strategy for the assessment of biological safety of biomaterials, but the value and relevance of this test is questionable.
authors.affiliation: University of Liverpool, Clinical Engineering Department, UK. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials