Influence of blood specimen collection method on various preanalytical sample quality indicators

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-149

  Ashavaid, Tester F ^a   Dandekar, Sucheta P ^b   Keny, Bhamini ^a   Bhambhwani, Vishaal R ^b  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hemolysis; Needle and syringe; Open collection; Preanalytical; Total quality; Vacutainer

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEVICE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; NEEDLE; QUALITY CONTROL; SYRINGE;

EID: 51349101692     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-008-0032-4     Document Type: Article

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