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| Pre-analytical Factor | Classification | Bodily fluids | Cells/Tissue | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | Serum | Plasma | Urine | Saliva | |||||||
| Between site transportation method | Storage | 54 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Freeze/thaw cycling | Storage | 130 | 132 | 129 | 41 | 9 | 34 | ||||
| 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 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 36 | ||||
| Specimen transport duration/condition | Storage | 68 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Specimen/sample transfer | Storage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Storage conditions | Storage | 108 | 45 | 69 | 19 | 4 | 48 | ||||
| Storage duration | Storage | 616 | 321 | 414 | 123 | 23 | 478 | ||||
| Storage in ethanol (duration/condition) | Storage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Storage temperature | Storage | 401 | 230 | 306 | 106 | 20 | 150 | ||||
| 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 | 296 | 102 | 159 | 29 | 12 | 77 | ||||
| Type of storage container | Storage | 59 | 33 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Within hospital transportation method | Storage | 63 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||