Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
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Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. · Oct 1998
Multicenter Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialEarly morning blood collections: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes study of 657 institutions.
To determine specimen collection and report times, and delivery, analytic, and total turnaround times (TAT) for routine early morning blood collections. ⋯ Factors shown to correlate with shorter total turnaround times were rural locations, a lower collections to full-time equivalent ratio, intensive care unit specimens, plasma for potassium measurements, the practice of delivering each specimen as it is collected, pneumatic tube delivery system, direct delivery route, and continuous versus batch testing.