1. Suitability of a transport box for blood sample shipment over a long period.
- Author
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Lippi G, Lima-Oliveira G, Nazer SC, Moreira ML, Souza RF, Salvagno GL, Montagnana M, Scartezini M, Picheth G, and Guidi GC
- Subjects
- Humans, Time Factors, Blood Specimen Collection instrumentation, Transportation
- Abstract
Background: Safety transport boxes are increasingly used to ship laboratory specimens but there is little information on their capacity to maintain suitable transportation temperatures., Materials and Methods: Inner temperature was assessed using a commercially available transport box during an 8-h transportation period in the heat., Results: Temperature stability was unsatisfactory during approximately 64% of the transportation time (i.e., from 125 to 450 min)., Conclusions: Transport boxes might be unsuitable for shipping specimens over long periods., (Copyright © 2011 The Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2011
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