Laboratory Procedure
specimen treatment
spec·i·men treat·ment [ spes-uh-muhn treet-muhnt ]
Subclass of:
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Definitions related to specimen processing (procedure):
  • (specimen handling) Procedures for collecting, preserving, and transporting of specimens sufficiently stable to provide accurate and precise results suitable for clinical interpretation.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (specimen treatment) A procedure or treatment performed on a specimen to prepare it for analysis
    NCI Health Level 7 Vocabulary
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
  • (specimen management) Obtaining, preparing, and preserving a specimen for a laboratory test
    Nursing Interventions Classification
    University of Iowa, 2007
  • (specimen processing) The process of preparing a sample or portion of a sample for storage, preservation, or further analysis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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