 Specimen Handling
"Specimen Handling" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Procedures for collecting, preserving, and transporting of specimens sufficiently stable to provide accurate and precise results suitable for clinical interpretation.
| Descriptor ID |
D013048
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.998 E05.200.998
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| Concept/Terms |
Specimen Handling- Specimen Handling
- Handling, Specimen
- Handlings, Specimen
- Specimen Handlings
Specimen Collection- Specimen Collection
- Collection, Specimen
- Collections, Specimen
- Specimen Collections
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in this website by year, and whether "Specimen Handling" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in Profiles.
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Fu X, Shea MK, Dolnikowski GG, Patterson WB, Dawson-Hughes B, Holland TM, Schneider JA, Booth SL. Vitamin D and Vitamin K Concentrations in Human Brain Tissue Are Influenced by Freezer Storage Time: The Memory and Aging Project. J Nutr. 2021 01 04; 151(1):104-108.
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Moore NM, Li H, Schejbal D, Lindsley J, Hayden MK. Comparison of Two Commercial Molecular Tests and a Laboratory-Developed Modification of the CDC 2019-nCoV Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 07 23; 58(8).
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Henderson DK, Hayden MK, Wright SB, Weber DJ, Murthy AR, Babcock H, Guzman-Cottrill JA, Haessler S, Rock C, Van Schooneveld T, Forde CA, Logan LK, Malani A. Shifting sands-Molecular coronavirus testing during a time of inconsistent resources. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 10; 41(10):1190-1191.
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Heckmann ND, Nahhas CR, Yang J, Della Valle CJ, Yi PH, Culvern CN, Gerlinger TL, Nam D. Saline lavage after a "dry tap". Bone Joint J. 2020 Jun; 102-B(6_Supple_A):138-144.
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Moossavi S, Engen PA, Ghanbari R, Green SJ, Naqib A, Bishehsari F, Merat S, Poustchi H, Keshavarzian A, Malekzadeh R. Assessment of the impact of different fecal storage protocols on the microbiota diversity and composition: a pilot study. BMC Microbiol. 2019 06 28; 19(1):145.
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Jennings C, Harty B, Scianna SR, Granger S, Couzens A, Zaccaro D, Bremer JW. The stability of HIV-1 nucleic acid in whole blood and improved detection of HIV-1 in alternative specimen types when compared to Dried Blood Spot (DBS) specimens. J Virol Methods. 2018 11; 261:91-97.
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Jennings C, Wager CG, Scianna SR, Zaccaro DJ, Couzens A, Mellors JW, Coombs RW, Bremer JW. Use of External Quality Control Material for HIV-1 RNA Testing To Assess the Comparability of Data Generated in Separate Laboratories and the Stability of HIV-1 RNA in Samples after Prolonged Storage. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 06; 56(6).
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Okamoto K, Rhee Y, Schoeny M, Lolans K, Cheng J, Reddy S, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK, Popovich KJ. Flocked nylon swabs versus RODAC plates for detection of multidrug-resistant organisms on environmental surfaces in intensive care units. J Hosp Infect. 2018 Jan; 98(1):105-108.
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Bassis CM, Moore NM, Lolans K, Seekatz AM, Weinstein RA, Young VB, Hayden MK. Comparison of stool versus rectal swab samples and storage conditions on bacterial community profiles. BMC Microbiol. 2017 03 31; 17(1):78.
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Carabini LM, Nouriel J, Milian RD, Glogovsky ER, McCarthy RJ, Handler TG, Ault ML. The Clinical Significance of Patient Specimen Transport Modality: Pneumatic Tube System Impact on Blood Gas Analytes. Respir Care. 2016 10; 61(10):1311-5.
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