Effects of contamination of blood specimens with liquid potassium-EDTA anticoagulant

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 273-280

  Davidson, D Fraser ^a  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; EDETIC ACID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTAMINATION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LIQUID; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASES; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTIFACTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALCIUM; COLD; CREATINE KINASE; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0036257574     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563021901973     Document Type: Article

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