consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history. 2. having various qualities, aspects, or subjects: a miscellaneous discussion. Origin of miscellaneous.
exists and is an alternate of . When you store human blood and its components, there's little or no room for error. Red cells and whole blood, for instance, must be maintained strictly within the range of 1.0 to 6.0 degrees Celsius or 33.8 F to 42.8 F, with little or no tolerance for exceptions.
NOTE: Most laboratory pick-ups of blood samples are kept in a refrigerated state as they are being transported to their laboratory of destination. Once the serum sample reaches the laboratory, it must remain cool until it is processed in that cooled state. The sample cannot sit at room temperature while waiting for other serum samples to reach the laboratory so they can all be processed at one time in a batch. If the sample is stored in a cooled state, the rubber stopper should not be removed while storing the sample because without the stopper being left in place, even in a cooled place, evaporation can occur, causing invalid blood serum test results.