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.
The blood samples are allowed to clot at 15-24 C. If vacuum gel tubes are used, the temperature should be at least 20C (optimum 20-22C), because the gel viscosity changes in colder temperature. The clotting time should be minimally 30 minutes and maximally one hour.