Quality management of preanalytical phase: Impact of lithium heparin vacuum tubes changes on clinical chemistry tests

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 429-434

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,c,d   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^e   Brocco, Giorgio ^a   Voi, Monica ^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 devices; Interference; Laboratory variability; Patient safety; Plasma samples; Validation process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884592108     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-013-0995-6     Document Type: Article

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