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 | 126 | 130 | 124 | 41 | 9 | 33 | ||||
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 | 66 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||||
Storage conditions | Storage | 106 | 45 | 67 | 18 | 4 | 45 | ||||
Storage duration | Storage | 601 | 316 | 401 | 120 | 23 | 453 | ||||
Storage in ethanol (duration/condition) | Storage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Storage temperature | Storage | 393 | 228 | 299 | 105 | 20 | 145 | ||||
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 | 293 | 101 | 156 | 28 | 11 | 77 | ||||
Type of storage container | Storage | 59 | 33 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Within hospital transportation method | Storage | 63 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 |