Limits of preservation of samples for urine strip tests and particle counting

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 703-713

  Kouri, Timo ^a,b   Malminiemi, Outi ^c   Penders, Joris ^d,e   Pelkonen, Virpi ^a,b   Vuotari, Lotta ^c   Delanghe, Joris ^d  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automation; Particle counting; Preservation; Test strips; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; KETONE; PRESERVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROSCOPY; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; REAGENT STRIPS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 44349121887     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.122     Document Type: Article

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