| Pre-analytical Factor | Classification | Bodily fluids | Cells/Tissue | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | Serum | Plasma | Urine | Saliva | |||||||
| Analyte isolation method | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 106 | 40 | 120 | 36 | 5 | 193 | ||||
| Analyte purification | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 14 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| Antigen retrieval | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | ||||
| Between site variability | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cell/tissue permeabilization | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Decalcification solution/ duration | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Deparaffinization | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Fat clearing | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Filtration of purified DNA | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| HPLC elution time | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hydrolyzation | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Incubation duration/condition | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Nucleic acid digestion | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| Protease inhibitor | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 19 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Protein digestion | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 57 | ||||
| Protein solubilization | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Rehydration of dried sample/specimen | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| RNase inactivation | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Sample mixing | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Specimen format | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Temperature of heat-induced retrieval | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Tissue homogenization | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Washing | Analyte Extraction and Purification | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||||