"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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.998 E05.200.998
|
| Concept/Terms |
Specimen Handling- Specimen Handling
- Handling, Specimen
- Handlings, Specimen
- Specimen Handlings
Specimen Collection- Specimen Collection
- Collection, Specimen
- Collections, Specimen
- Specimen Collections
|
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.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 37 | 34 | 71 |
| 2018 | 23 | 28 | 51 |
| 2019 | 16 | 12 | 28 |
| 2020 | 69 | 82 | 151 |
| 2021 | 43 | 90 | 133 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in Profiles.
-
Just-In-Time Simulation Training for Nasopharyngeal Specimen Collection During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2022 Jan 01; 42(1):e88-e91.
-
SwabExpress: An End-to-End Protocol for Extraction-Free COVID-19 Testing. Clin Chem. 2021 12 30; 68(1):143-152.
-
Diagnostic Yield of Saliva for SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Testing in Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Nov 11; 10(10):967-969.
-
Sample Processing and Stability for Urine Biomarker Studies. J Appl Lab Med. 2021 11 01; 6(6):1628-1634.
-
Rapid and Safe Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Virus RNA Using Onsite Quantitative PCR Diagnostic Testing From Clinical Specimens Collected in Molecular Transport Medium. J Appl Lab Med. 2021 11 01; 6(6):1409-1416.
-
Diagnostic impact of safety protocols for processing peritoneal washing specimens during the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019: A comparative study from 195 cytological samples. Cytopathology. 2022 01; 33(1):93-99.
-
Volumetric absorptive microsampling: its use in COVID-19 research and testing. Bioanalysis. 2021 Dec; 13(24):1851-1863.
-
Simple concentration method enables the use of gargle and mouthwash instead of nasopharyngeal swab sampling for the diagnosis of COVID-19 by PCR. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Dec; 40(12):2617-2622.
-
Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 PCR-Based Detection Using Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens in Asymptomatic Populations. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 09 03; 9(1):e0006221.
-
Rapid Screening of COVID-19 Directly from Clinical Nasopharyngeal Swabs Using the MasSpec Pen. Anal Chem. 2021 09 21; 93(37):12582-12593.