TY - JOUR AU - Spengler, Jessica AU - Welch, Stephen AU - Genzer, Sarah AU - Coleman-McCray, JoAnn AU - Harmon, Jessica AU - Nichol, Stuart AU - Spiropoulou, Christina T1 - Suboptimal Handling of Piccolo Samples or Reagent Discs for Consideration in Ebola Response T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 6 SP - 1238 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Operating clinical analyzers within recommended parameters can be challenging during outbreak response. Using the Piccolo Xpress point-of-care blood chemistry analyzer on guinea pig blood, we found that values of many analytes are still readily comparable when samples and reagent discs are handled at various conditions outside of manufacturer recommendations. KW - clinical chemistry KW - field studies KW - outbreak response KW - mobile treatment unit KW - point-of-care KW - Ebola KW - Ebola virus disease KW - hemorrhagic fever KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2506.181928 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/6/18-1928_article ER - End of Reference