Quality control material testing and the importance of "treating it like a patient's sample"

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 147-149

  Kavsak, Peter A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical; Collection tubes; Pre analytical; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL; COLLECTION TUBES; PRE-ANALYTICAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84893769639     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.01.017     Document Type: Editorial

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