"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".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in Profiles.
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Perceived barriers to cervical cancer screening and motivators for at-home human papillomavirus self-sampling during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a telephone survey. Elife. 2023 05 26; 12.
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A 3D-printed transepidermal microprojection array for human skin microbiome sampling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 07 26; 119(30):e2203556119.
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Efficient SARS-CoV-2 Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase PCR Saliva Diagnostic Strategy utilizing Open-Source Pipetting Robots. J Vis Exp. 2022 02 11; (180).
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The Effect of Sample Handling on Free Valproic Acid Levels. J Appl Lab Med. 2021 04 29; 6(3):645-653.
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Key Highlights for the College of American Pathology Statement on Collection and Handling of Thoracic Small Biopsy and Cytology Specimens for Ancillary Studies. Chest. 2020 12; 158(6):2282-2284.
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X-ray cabinet to deliver highly characterized low-dose soft x-ray radiation to biological samples. Rev Sci Instrum. 2020 Mar 01; 91(3):034104.
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First-in-Human Use of a Hybrid Real-Time Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Acquisition System for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions: A Multicenter Pilot Study. Respiration. 2019; 98(6):527-533.
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Prewash total motile count is a poor predictor of live birth in intrauterine insemination cycles. Fertil Steril. 2019 04; 111(4):708-713.
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Impact of long-term storage of clinical samples collected from 1996 to 2017 on RT-PCR detection of norovirus. J Virol Methods. 2019 05; 267:35-41.
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Novel Use of Preoperative Epidermal Coloring of Very Small Dermatological Specimens-Protocol for Reduction of Lost Specimens. Am J Dermatopathol. 2016 Jul; 38(7):510-2.