Comparison of Becton Dickinson Vacutainer rapid serum tube with the serum separator tube for routine chemistry and immunoassay tests

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 599-604

  Yan, Ronald ^a,b   Lou, Amy ^c,d   Watts, Gail ^a   Tarr, Heather ^a   Smith, Hilary ^a   Kinney, Lois ^a   Chen, Yu ^a,d  

^a Horizon Health Network   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Capital Health ^*  (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYZER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID SERUM TUBE; SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE;

CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DRUG MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904353619     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-202130     Document Type: Article

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