Recommendations for specimen collection and handling have been developed for adoption across breast cancer clinical trials conducted by the Breast International Group (BIG)-sponsored Groups and the ...

This article, the final in our six-part series, explains how to collect and send a central venous catheter (CVC) tip for sampling. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, ...

The preanalytical phase encompasses the time between the clinician's test order to the sample being ready for analysis. Of all errors during the laboratory diagnostic process,70 % appeared in the ...