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This is an online commentary on Chemistry offering 1.0 continuing education (CME/CMLE) credit that can be used to fulfill CC Part II and CMP requirements.
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On completion of this exercise, the participant should be able to:
• describe the main types of contamination that can occur in blood collection tubes;
• describe how contamination occurrences in specimens and can be avoided;
• Back to Contamination in Blood Collection and the Effects on Laboratory Testing On completion of this exercise, the participant should be able to: • describe the main types of contamination that can occur in blood collection tubes; • describe how contamination occurrences in specimens and can be avoided; • explain the reasons for the order in which specimen types are standardized to be drawn for laboratory testing; • discuss how certain analytes are affected in contaminated samples; and • evaluate practices in addition to the order of draw that can lead to specimen contamination.
• explain the reasons for the order in which specimen types are standardized to be drawn for laboratory testing;
• discuss how certain analytes are affected in contaminated samples; and
• evaluate practices in addition to the order of draw that can lead to specimen contamination.