Influence of delayed separation of plasma from whole blood and centrifugation protocol on Zn plasma concentration

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1. Frontmatter
2. Editorial
3. Biotin interference in cardiac troponin immunoassay – where the wild things are?
4. Review
5. Laboratory-related issues in the measurement of cardiac troponins with highly sensitive assays
6. Mini Review
7. Chromatographic methods development for clinical practice: requirements and limitations
8. Opinion Paper
9. Harmonising EQA schemes the next frontier: challenging the status quo
10. Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
11. Direct comparison study between droplet digital PCR and a combination of allele-specific PCR, asymmetric rapid PCR and melting curve analysis for the detection of BRAF V600E mutation in plasma from melanoma patients
12. A novel mitochondrial m.14430A>G (MT-ND6, p.W82R) variant causes complex I deficiency and mitochondrial Leigh syndrome
13. Obesity status modifies the association between rs7556897T>C in the intergenic region SLC19A3-CCL20 and blood pressure in French children
14. General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
15. Influence of reagent lots and multiple measuring systems on estimating the coefficient of variation from quality control data; implications for uncertainty estimation and interpretation of QC results
16. Electrophoretic α₁-globulin for screening of α₁-antitrypsin deficient variants
17. A continued method performance monitoring approach for the determination of pediatric renin samples – application within a European clinical trial
18. Pilot study for cystic fibrosis neonatal screening: the Cuban experience
19. Validation of the analytical performance of the NOVEOS™ System, a system which improves upon the third-generation in vitro allergy testing technology
20. IgE cross-reactivity measurement of cashew nut, hazelnut and peanut using a novel IMMULITE inhibition method
21. Sexual dimorphism in the cerebrospinal fluid total protein content
22. Current state of the morphological assessment of urinary erythrocytes in The Netherlands: a nation-wide questionnaire
23. Reference Values and Biological Variations
24. Within-subject and between-subject biological variation of first morning void urine amino acids in 12 healthy subjects
25. Proenkephalin as a new biomarker for pediatric acute kidney injury – reference values and performance in children under one year of age
26. Hematology and Coagulation
27. Quality performance for indirect Xa inhibitor monitoring in patients using international external quality data
28. Cardiovascular Diseases
29. Clinical risk assessment of biotin interference with a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay
30. Short- and long-term biological variation of cardiac troponin I in healthy individuals, and patients with end-stage renal failure requiring haemodialysis or cardiomyopathy
31. Infectious Diseases
32. Monocyte distribution width (MDW) as a screening tool for sepsis in the Emergency Department
33. Performance of a Toxo IgM prototype assay for the diagnosis of maternal and congenital Toxoplasma infections
34. Letters to the Editors
35. Evaluation of an ELISA for SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing: clinical performances and correlation with plaque reduction neutralization titer
36. Preliminary evaluation of Roche Cobas Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 chemiluminescence immunoassay
37. Hypoalbuminemia and elevated D-dimer in COVID-19 patients: a call for result harmonization
38. Total pathway to method validation
39. Derivation of performance specifications for uncertainty of serum C-reactive protein measurement according to the Milan model 3 (state of the art)
40. FGF23 measurement in burosumab-treated patients: an emerging treatment may induce a new analytical interference
41. Use of a modified IDS-ISYS intact PTH assay for intraoperative PTH measurements
42. Agreement of dried blood spot lyso-Gb3 concentrations obtained from different laboratories in patients with Fabry disease
43. Influence of delayed separation of plasma from whole blood and centrifugation protocol on Zn plasma concentration
44. A survey of order of draw on inpatient wards and adherence to EFLM-COLABIOCLI recommendations
45. Successful implementations of automated minimum re-test intervals to overcome ferritin over-requesting in a Spanish hospital laboratory
46. Remarkable pseudoleucocytosis induced by mild cryoglobulinemia
47. Massive hemolysis due to Clostridium perfringens: a laboratory’s perspective