1 In addition to droplet and airborne transmission, contamination with fomites and subsequent self-inoculation of the nose, eyes, and mouth is considered a contributor to high rates of viral transmission.2 Person to person transmission of COVID-19 or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...
It is well documented that in the chain from sample to the result in a clinical laboratory, the pre-analytical phase is the weakest and most vulnerable link. This also holds for the use and analysis of extracellular nucleic acids. In this short review, w