Sodium citrate vacuum tubes validation: Preventing preanalytical variability in routine coagulation testing

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-255

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,c,d   Lippi, Giuseppe ^e   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   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 CSM 20   (Brazil)

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

^e ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

blood collection; plasma samples; preanalytical variability; vacuum tubes; validation process

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SODIUM CITRATE VACUUM TUBE; TUBE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CITRATES; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VACUUM;

EID: 84875823372     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32835b72ea     Document Type: Article

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