Reply to the letter by Carraro: Appropriate actions in the detection of haemolytic specimens

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 426-

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haemolysis; Laboratory testing; Preanalytical variability; Unsuitable specimens

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMOLYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 39849095753     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.088     Document Type: Letter

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