The shift from fluoride/oxalate to acid citrate/fluoride blood collection tubes for glucose testing - The impact upon patient results

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 683-685

  Norman, Mikaela ^a   Jones, Ian ^a  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antiglycolytic additives; Diagnostic errors; Glucose; Preanalytical conditions

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; FLUORIDE; GLUCOSE; OXALIC ACID; FLUOROPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CITRATES; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; OXALATES; PHOSPHATES;

EID: 84900310157     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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