Stability of therapeutic drugs in serum collected in vacutainer serum separator tubes containing a new gel (SST II)

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-262

  Bush, Valerie ^a   Blennerhasset, John ^b   Wells, Alice ^c   Dasgupta, Amitava ^c  

^a Becton Dickinson   (United States)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Barrier gel; Drugs; SST II tubes; SST tubes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMIKACIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIGOXIN; GENTAMICIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; QUINIDINE; SALICYLIC ACID; THEOPHYLLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VALPROIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MONITORING; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 0035023630     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200106000-00013     Document Type: Article

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