contamination

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@C00866@ from a preceding sample probe into a following specimen cup, which will influence not just one result, but all assays on that specimen, or with that @R05190@.
Source:
PAC, 1991, 63, 301. (Proposals for the description and measurement of carry-over effects in clinical chemistry (Recommendations 1991)) on page 302 [Terms] [Paper]