Carryover can be a cause of false-positive results with the Beckman AccuTnI assay

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1135-1136

  Dimeski, Goce ^a   Jones, Brock ^a   Brown, Nigel ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carryover; False positive TnI

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

BIOENGINEERING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SERUM; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84867427684     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2011-8838     Document Type: Letter

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