Suitability of Becton Dickinson Vacutainer rapid serum tube for collecting and storing blood samples for antibiotic and anticonvulsant drug monitoring

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 807-810

  Yan, Ronald ^a,b   Colantonio, David ^c,d   Wong, Pui Yuen ^d,e   Chen, Yu ^a,f  

^a Horizon Health Network   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GENTAMICIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG STABILITY; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906940169     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202466     Document Type: Article

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