"Specimen Handling" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Procedures for collecting, preserving, and transporting of specimens sufficiently stable to provide accurate and precise results suitable for clinical interpretation.
| Descriptor ID |
D013048
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.998 E05.200.998
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| Concept/Terms |
Specimen Handling- Specimen Handling
- Handling, Specimen
- Handlings, Specimen
- Specimen Handlings
Specimen Collection- Specimen Collection
- Collection, Specimen
- Collections, Specimen
- Specimen Collections
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Specimen Handling".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in this website by year, and whether "Specimen Handling" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Specimen Handling" by people in Profiles.
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Noninvasive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using face mask sampling: a prospective study in adults. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2026 Apr; 32(4):644-649.
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Group concept mapping to develop a salon-based HPV self-collection intervention. Cancer Causes Control. 2025 Dec; 36(12):1753-1762.
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Self-Collection for Primary HPV Testing: Acceptability in a Large Urban Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Mar; 85(3):249-257.
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Analysis of DNA Methylation in Gliomas: Assessment of Preanalytical Variables. Lab Invest. 2024 12; 104(12):102160.
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Adaptive Time-Location Sampling for COMPASS: A SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence Study in Fifteen Diverse Communities in the United States. Epidemiology. 2024 May 01; 35(3):389-397.
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Expandable Sendai-Virus-Reprogrammed Human iPSC-Neuronal Precursors: In Vivo Post-Grafting Safety Characterization in Rats and Adult Pig. Cell Transplant. 2023 Jan-Dec; 32:9636897221107009.
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Cotton Balls for Urine Sample Collection-Is Negative Bias Truly Negative? J Pediatr. 2023 04; 255:259.
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De novo identification of microbial contaminants in low microbial biomass microbiomes with Squeegee. Nat Commun. 2022 11 10; 13(1):6799.
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Detection and Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in Three Self-Collected Specimen Types: Flocked Midturbinate Swab (MTS) in Viral Transport Media, Foam MTS, and Saliva. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 06 29; 10(3):e0103322.
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Variability in biopsy quality informs translational research applications in hepatocellular carcinoma. Sci Rep. 2021 11 23; 11(1):22763.