Laboratory sample stability. Is it possible to define a consensus stability function? An example of five blood magnitudes

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1806-1818

  Gómez Rioja, Rubén ^a,b   Martínez Espartosa, Débora ^b,c   Segovia, Marta ^a,b   Ibarz, Mercedes ^b,d   Llopis, María Antonia ^b,e   Bauça, Josep Miquel ^b,f   Marzana, Itziar ^b,g   Barba, Nuria ^b,h   Ventura, Monserrat ^b   García Del Pino, Isabel ^b,i   Puente, Juan José ^b,j   Caballero, Andrea ^b,k   Gómez, Carolina ^b,e   García Álvarez, Ana ^b   Alsina, María Jesús ^b   Álvarez, Virtudes ^b,l  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b Sociedad Española de Medicina de Laboratorio   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^h CAT   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

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Author keywords

blood specimen collection; pre analytical phase; specimen handing; stability

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PILOT STUDY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRE-ANALYTICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRE-ANALYTICAL PHASE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85046977173     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2017-1189     Document Type: Review

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