Carry-over 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
reagent.
Source:
PAC, 1991, 63, 301
(Proposals for the description and measurement of carry-over effects in clinical chemistry (Recommendations 1991))
on page 302
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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