Discard tubes are not necessary when drawing samples for specialized coagulation testing

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-282

  Smock, Kristi J ^a   Crist, Ronda A ^a   Hansen, Sarah J ^a   Rodgers, George M ^a   Lehman, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation testing; Discard tube; Factor assays; Pilot tube; Preanalytical variables

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; CITRIC ACID; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; STUDENT T TEST; TUBE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; WARFARIN;

EID: 77950282209     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e3283380d12     Document Type: Article

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