Effects of vigorous mixing of blood vacuum tubes on laboratory test results

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-254

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,c,d   Lippi, Giuseppe ^e   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Gelati, Matteo ^a   Volanski, Waldemar ^b   Boritiza, Katia Cristina ^b   Picheth, Geraldo ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c MERCOSUL: Sector Committee of Clinical Analyses and in Vitro Diagnostics   (Brazil)

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

^e ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood mixing; Blood specimen collection; Clinical laboratory techniques; Diagnostic errors; Quality control; Reference values; Reproducibility of results; Specimen handing; Vacuum tubes

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACUUM; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BUFFERS; CENTRIFUGATION; CITRATES; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871978272     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.10.033     Document Type: Article

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