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Effect of pre-analytical treatments on bovine milk acute phase proteins [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2016 Samples for diagnostic procedures often require some form of pre-analytical preparation for preservation or safe handling during transportation prior to analysis in the laboratory. This is particularly important for milk samples which frequently need preservatives to retain milk composition as close to that found in freshly collected samples as ...
Thomas, Funmilola C. +4 more
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The pre-analytical phase of the liquid biopsy
New Biotechnology, 2020 The term 'liquid biopsy', introduced in 2013 in reference to the analysis of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in cancer patients, was extended to cell-free nucleic acids (cfNAs) circulating in blood and other body fluids. CTCs and cfNAs are now considered diagnostic and prognostic markers, used as surrogate materials for the molecular characterisation ...
Salvianti F. +7 more
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Stability of refrigerated whole blood samples for osmotic fragility test
Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, 2020 Background: The osmotic fragility test (OFT), conventionally used for assisting the diagnosis of many erythrocyte disorders, is a manual and time-consuming analysis not daily performed in many medical laboratories.
Gian Luca Salvagno +4 more
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Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2022 The effectiveness of the Luer-Lok™ Access Device (LL) with the intravenous catheter (IVC) on sample rejections, which is used to prevent primarily hemolysis in the emergency department (ED), clinics, and intensive care units (ICU), was examined.
Menekse Elif +4 more
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Fasting state requirements for blood sampling: a survey of patients in Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]
Medicinski Glasnik, 2021 Aim To explore patient’s awareness and appliance of the fasting state requirements for blood sampling. Methods This observational survey was performed at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology Diagnostics, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, from
Damira Kadić +3 more
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A guide for measurement of circulating metabolic hormones in rodents: Pitfalls during the pre-analytical phase. [PDF]
Mol Metab, 2012 Bielohuby M, Popp S, Bidlingmaier M.
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The Impact of Pre-analytical Quality Initiatives on Cholangiocarcinoma Diagnostics in Thailand
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is the most prevalent malignancy in Thailand, with unfortunate late diagnosis and frequent metastatic disease outcomes. An accurate tissue diagnosis is the first and most important step in the treatment of CCA. Tissue quality and
Supinda Koonmee +30 more
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Iatreia, 2019 Introduction: Errors in the process of analyzing a clinical laboratory sample have a negative impact on medical practice, patient safety and health care cost. The use of automated units demonstrated the reduction of errors in the clinical laboratories of
Sua, Luz Fernanda +6 more
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Technical pre-analytical effects on the clinical biochemistry of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) [PDF]
, 2016 Clinical biochemistry has long been utilized in human and veterinary medicine as a vital diagnostic tool, but despite occasional studies showing its usefulness in monitoring health status in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), it has not yet been widely ...
Ashby, A. +6 more
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Medical Laboratory Journal, 2023 Background and objectives: All three phases of laboratory testing are equally important for improving total quality management, but the pre-analytical phase is the most error-prone.
Jonas Bikorimana +3 more
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