"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Specimen Handling".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Specimen Handling".
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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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in Profiles.
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Concordance of Urogenital Microbiome From Sequentially Self-collected Specimens. Urogynecology (Phila). 2025 Nov 01; 31(11):1033-1042.
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Wet Lab Protocols Matter: Choice of DNA Extraction and Library Preparation Protocols Bias Ancient Oral Microbiome Recovery. Mol Ecol Resour. 2025 Nov; 25(8):e70054.
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Promoting cervical cancer screening via a mailed HPV self-collection kit: Reactions from screeners and non-screeners. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Jan; 142:109374.
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Minimum Technical Preanalytical, Patient, and Clinical Context Data Elements for Cerebrospinal Fluid Liquid Biopsy: Recommendations for Public Database Submissions. JCO Precis Oncol. 2025 Jun; 9:e2400921.
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Rate of Urine Culture Contamination with Different Methods of Urine Specimen Collection. Int Urogynecol J. 2025 05; 36(5):1029-1035.
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Rethinking the rise of early-onset gastrointestinal cancers: a call to action. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Jan 03; 9(1).
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Histological sampling protocols for transurethral resection of prostate specimens need reappraisal. Histopathology. 2024 11; 85(5):746-747.
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Feasibility of Home Collection for Urogenital Microbiome Samples. Urogynecology (Phila). 2024 11 01; 30(11):896-905.
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Rectal swab DNA collection protocol for PCR genotyping in rats. Biotechniques. 2024; 76(6):275-283.
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Specimen collection is essential for modern science. PLoS Biol. 2023 11; 21(11):e3002318.