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eJIFCC - Vol 31 n° 1
eJIFCC Volume 31 no 1 - 2020 | |
| In this issue: Improving the preanalytical phase in laboratory medicine | |
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| 1 | Improving the preanalytical phase in laboratory medicine Gabriel Lima-Oliveira |
| 2 | Detection of haemolysis, a frequent preanalytical problem in the serum of newborns and adults Judit Tóth, Anna V. Oláh, Tamás Petercsák, Tamás Kovács, János Kappelmayer |
| 3 | Rejection of hemolyzed samples can jeopardize patient safety Lorenzo Barbato, Marise Danielle Campelo, Sara Pigozzo, Nicola Realdon, Anna Gandini, Roberto Barbazza, Mayara Ladeira Coêlho, Chiara Bovo, Paola Marini, Gabriel Lima-Oliveira |
| 4 | Challenges in pre-analytical phase of laboratory medicine:rate of blood sample nonconformity in a tertiary care hospital Nusrat Alavi, Sana Haseeb Khan, Asma Saadia, Tahir Naeem |
| 5 | Can chewing gum be another source of preanalytical variability in fasting outpatients? Ricardas Stonys, Valdas Banys, Dalius Vitkus, Gabriel Lima-Oliveira |
| 6 | Sample management: stability of plasma and serum on different storage conditions Carlos Fernando Yauli Flores, Ángela de las Mercedes Hurtado Pineda, Victoria Maritza Cevallos Bonilla, Klever Sáenz-Flor |
| 7 | Impact of chemical preservative in urine samples Samuel Salazar-García, Eunice Lares-Villaseñor, Abraham Bárcenas-Morales, Juan Manuel Vargas-Morales |
| 8 | Pseudothrombocytopenia by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid can jeopardize patient safety — a case report Cristina Collazo Abal, Leticia Rodríguez Calviño, Laura Rollán Manso, M.C. Ferreirós Domínguez, M.J. Lorenzo Lorenzo, Cristina Regojo Balboa, Arturo Fernández Nogueira |
| 9 | Causes of preanalytical interferences on laboratory immunoassays — a critical review Beatrice Caruso, Chiara Bovo, Gian Cesare Guidi |
| 10 | Methods for hemolysis interference study in laboratory medicine — a critical review Fernando Marques-Garcia |
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