Blood sample quality

Diagnosis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 25-31

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Von Meyer, Alexander ^b   Cadamuro, Janne ^c   Simundic, Ana Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Kliniken Nordoberpfalz AG   (Germany)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d University Hospital Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

Author keywords

blood samples; errors; hemolysis; laboratory medicine; quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FREEZING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; PRE-ANALYTICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 85061146290     PISSN: 21948011     EISSN: 2194802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/dx-2018-0018     Document Type: Article

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