The quality of diagnostic testing may be impaired during shipment of lithium-heparin gel tubes

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1633-1637

  Da Rin, Giorgio ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^b,c  

^a Hospital of Bassano Del Grappa   (Italy)

^b ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

gel; preanalytical variability; quality; specimen; stability; transportation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LITHIUM; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; UREA; GEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DEVICE; LITHIUM HEPARIN GEL TUBE; OUTPATIENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SERUM; SERUM GEL TUBE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; STANDARDS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALCIUM; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; GELS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LITHIUM; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84908094344     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0527     Document Type: Article

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