Suitability of a transport box for blood sample shipment over a long period

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1028-1029

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^b,c,d,e   Nazer, Sandro Coutino ^d   Moreira, Maria Luiza Lopes ^d   Souza, Rodrigo Fagner Macedo ^d   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^c   Montagnana, Martina ^c   Scartezini, Marileia ^b   Picheth, Geraldo ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d MERCOSUL: Sector Committee of Clinical Analyses and in Vitro Diagnostics CSM 20   (Brazil)

^e Brazilian Society of Clinical Analyses on Sao Paulo State   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Laboratory errors; Preanalytical variability; Quality; Storage; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHIPPING; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSPORT BOX;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79960319116     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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