Pre-analytical Factor | Classification | Bodily fluids | Cells/Tissue | ||||||||
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Blood | Serum | Plasma | Urine | Saliva | |||||||
Between site transportation method | Storage | 54 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 22 | ||||
Freeze/thaw cycling | Storage | 120 | 127 | 121 | 39 | 7 | 30 | ||||
Post-thaw duration | Storage | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Prefixation freezing | Storage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Short-term storage solution | Storage | 35 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 36 | ||||
Specimen transport duration/condition | Storage | 63 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||
Storage conditions | Storage | 98 | 43 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 41 | ||||
Storage duration | Storage | 583 | 308 | 392 | 115 | 21 | 438 | ||||
Storage in ethanol (duration/condition) | Storage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Storage temperature | Storage | 381 | 223 | 290 | 99 | 18 | 142 | ||||
Storage under gas/vacuum | Storage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Thaw duration | Storage | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||||
Thaw temperature/condition | Storage | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Time at room temperature | Storage | 285 | 97 | 150 | 25 | 11 | 75 | ||||
Type of storage container | Storage | 58 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Within hospital transportation method | Storage | 60 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 |