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Descriptor English: Specimen Handling
Descriptor Spanish: Manejo de Especímenes
Descriptor manejo de muestras
Entry term(s) manejo de especímenes
Scope note: Procedimientos para la recogida, conservación, y transporte de muestras de forma suficientemente estable que garantice resultados precisos y exactos, apropiados para la interpretación clínica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Manejo de Espécimes
Descriptor French: Manipulation d'échantillons
Entry term(s): Collection, Specimen
Collections, Specimen
Handling, Specimen
Handlings, Specimen
Specimen Collection
Specimen Collections
Specimen Handlings
Tree number(s): E01.370.225.998
E05.200.998
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013048
Scope note: Procedures for collecting, preserving, and transporting of specimens sufficiently stable to provide accurate and precise results suitable for clinical interpretation.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
DeCS ID: 13431
Unique ID: D013048
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Specimen Handling - Preferred
Concept UI M0020225
Scope note Procedures for collecting, preserving, and transporting of specimens sufficiently stable to provide accurate and precise results suitable for clinical interpretation.
Preferred term Specimen Handling
Entry term(s) Handling, Specimen
Handlings, Specimen
Specimen Handlings
Specimen Collection - Narrower
Concept UI M0549542
Preferred term Specimen Collection
Entry term(s) Collection, Specimen
Collections, Specimen
Specimen Collections



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