Sodium citrate blood contamination by K2-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA): Impact on routine coagulation testing

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 403-409

  Lima Oliveira, G ^a,b   Salvagno, G L ^a   Danese, E ^a   Favaloro, E J ^c   Guidi, G C ^a,b   Lippi, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EDTA; Contamination; Patient safety; Preanalytical variability

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; AGED; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CITRATES; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84928410439     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12301     Document Type: Article

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