Order of blood draw: Opinion Paper by the European Federation for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Working Group for the Preanalytical Phase (WG-PRE)

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 27-31

  Cornes, Michael ^a   Van Dongen Lases, Edmée ^b   Grankvist, Kjell ^c   Ibarz, Mercedes ^d   Kristensen, Gunn ^e   Lippi, Giuseppe ^f   Nybo, Mads ^g   Simundic, Ana Maria ^h  

^a ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^e Norwegian Clinical Chemistry EQA Program   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h University Hospital Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

Author keywords

order of draw; patient safety; phlebotomy; preanalytical phase; preanalytical quality

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; GEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT RISK; PATIENT SAFETY; PHLEBOTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBE; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENOUS BLOOD; EUROPE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 84998865448     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0426     Document Type: Review

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