Assessment of a four hour delay for urine samples stored without preservatives at room temperature for urinalysis

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2012, Pages 856-858

  Veljkovic, Kika ^a   Rodríguez Capote, Karina ^b   Bhayana, Vipin ^b   Pickersgill, Robin ^c   Beattie, John ^c   Clark, Lorna ^c   Kavsak, Peter A ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Microscopic analysis; Room temperature; Specimen rejection rate; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; URINALYSIS; URINE STORAGE TIME;

CANADA; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KETONES; NITRITES; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 84862526355     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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