 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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| 1980 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1982 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2014 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in Profiles.
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Wahidi MM, Lamb C, Murgu S, Musani A, Shojaee S, Sachdeva A, Maldonado F, Mahmood K, Kinsey M, Sethi S, Mahajan A, Majid A, Keyes C, Alraiyes AH, Sung A, Hsia D, Eapen G. American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) Statement on the Use of Bronchoscopy and Respiratory Specimen Collection in Patients With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Infection. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2020 Oct; 27(4):e52-e54.
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Kline A, Putnam NE, Youn JH, East A, Das S, Frank KM, Zelazny AM. Dacron swab and PBS are acceptable alternatives to flocked swab and viral transport media for SARS-CoV-2. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Jan; 99(1):115209.
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Byrd DA, Chen J, Vogtmann E, Hullings A, Song SJ, Amir A, Kibriya MG, Ahsan H, Chen Y, Nelson H, Knight R, Shi J, Chia N, Sinha R. Reproducibility, stability, and accuracy of microbial profiles by fecal sample collection method in three distinct populations. PLoS One. 2019; 14(11):e0224757.
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Sugiyama T, Tajiri T, Fujita H, Hiraiwa S, Toguchi S, Nomura N, Machida T, Suga A, Nakamura Y, Nakagawa T, Yamada S, Iwazaki M, Nakamura N. A biosafety algorithm for the protection of pathology staff during intraoperative examinations of pulmonary lesions. Pathol Int. 2019 Apr; 69(4):211-218.
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Vogtmann E, Chen J, Kibriya MG, Amir A, Shi J, Chen Y, Islam T, Eunes M, Ahmed A, Naher J, Rahman A, Barmon B, Knight R, Chia N, Ahsan H, Abnet CC, Sinha R. Comparison of Oral Collection Methods for Studies of Microbiota. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 01; 28(1):137-143.
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Gordon J, Detjen P, Nimmagadda S, Rogers L, Patel S, Thompson J, Reboulet R, Gandhi P. Bedroom exposure to airborne allergens in the Chicago area using a patient-operated sampling device. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2018 08; 121(2):211-217.e3.
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Aisen CM, Ditkoff E, RoyChoudhury A, Corish M, Rutman MP, Chung DE, Badalato GM, Cooper KL. Utility of catheterized specimens in reducing overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections in women. Neurourol Urodyn. 2018 08; 37(6):1996-2001.
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Schora DM, Peterson LR, Usacheva EA. Immunological Stability of Clostridium difficile Toxins in Clinical Specimens. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 04; 39(4):434-438.
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Drew JA, Moreau CS, Stiassny MLJ. Digitization of museum collections holds the potential to enhance researcher diversity. Nat Ecol Evol. 2017 12; 1(12):1789-1790.
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Vogtmann E, Chen J, Kibriya MG, Chen Y, Islam T, Eunes M, Ahmed A, Naher J, Rahman A, Amir A, Shi J, Abnet CC, Nelson H, Knight R, Chia N, Ahsan H, Sinha R. Comparison of Fecal Collection Methods for Microbiota Studies in Bangladesh. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017 05 15; 83(10).
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