Estimation of the imprecision on clinical chemistry testing due to fist clenching and maintenance during venipuncture

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 1364-1367

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Brocco, Giorgio ^a   Danese, Elisa ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood specimen collection; Clinical laboratory techniques; Laboratory variability; Medical errors; Patient safety; Preanalytical phase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATINE KINASE; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIST CLENCHING; HAND FUNCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VEIN PUNCTURE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; HAND; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; FEMALE; HAND; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84999849982     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2016.07.007     Document Type: Article

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