The order of draw: Myth or science?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2281-2285

  Salvagno, Gianluca ^a   Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a   Brocco, Giorgio ^a   Danese, Elisa ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood drawing; Order of draw; Preanalytical variability; Sample collection; Sample quality

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CITRATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CALCIUM; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; PHLEBOTOMY; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84889580548     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0412     Document Type: Article

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