specimen collection

Introduction

Collection of a specimen for laboratory analysis.

Includes: blood, urine, pleural fluid, ascitic fluid, CSF & other body fluids.

Notes

• insufficient evidence & lack of consensus to make a recommendation on the minimum amount of blood wastage needed to permit effective samples in adult patients

More general terms

• collection

More specific terms

• collection of arterial blood specimen
• collection of capillary blood specimen
• collection of expired gas
• corneal scraping
• nasopharyngeal swab collection
• specimen collection, venous blood
• sputum collection

Additional terms

• specimen tube
• venipuncture