Preanalytical Impact of Incomplete K2EDTA Blood Tube Filling in Molecular Biology Testing
Our results suggest that underfilling of K<sub>2</sub>EDTA blood tubes may be a modest but analytically significant source of bias in molecular biology testing.
Authors
- Elisa Paviati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4963-9097)
- Laura Pighi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3603-9495)
- Marco Benati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0140-3640)
- Giuseppe Lippi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9523-9054)
- Gian Luca Salvagno
- Sara Visconti
Institutions
- University of Verona (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diagnostics
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14171934
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.23