Effects of humidity on foil and vial packaging to preserve glucose and lactate test strips for disaster readiness

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-57

  Truong, Anh Thu ^a   Louie, Richard F ^a   Vy, John H ^a   Curtis, Corbin M ^a   Ferguson, William J ^a   Lam, Mandy ^a   Sumner, Stephanie ^a   Kost, Gerald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACID; TEST STRIP;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMIDITY; TEST STRIP;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HUMIDITY; LACTIC ACID; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT STRIPS;

EID: 84897073080     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2014.13     Document Type: Article

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