The cost of poor blood specimen quality and errors in preanalytical processes.

Sol F Green

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The cost of poor blood specimen quality and errors in preanalytical processes.

October 9, 2013

Green SF. Clin Biochem. 2013;46(13-14):1175-9.

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This review outlines how specimen quality affects laboratory testing reliability and estimates costs associated with these errors.

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