Clinical impact of temperature and time on FBC, ESR, PT, aPTT

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Evaluation of the clinical impact of transportation temperature and time on the full blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, prothrombin time and activated partial thrombin time in response to the recent extreme weather conditions within the UK

• IRAS ID

  322938

• Contact name

  Sophie Macura

• Contact email

  sophie.macura@tdlpathology.com

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Greenwich

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  N.A, N/A

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 1 months, 3 days

• Research summary

  The increasing extremes of temperature and the number of providers used to transport samples to the laboratories from a variety of locations, coupled with the increasing ability to track and monitor these requires a better understanding of the risk to sample stability.
  Therefore, the objective of this research project is to provide evidence-based data on what point full blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, prothrombin time and activated prothrombin time samples maintain their analytical stability when stored at various transportation time frames and temperatures. This data is to be used to formulate advice on the ideal transport conditions for courier fleets, incorporating into contracts, if necessary, to mitigate where possible, irreparable damage to the analytical stability of said samples.

• REC name

  South Central - Hampshire A Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  23/SC/0160

• Date of REC Opinion

  30 May 2023

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion