Ambient temperature and FIT performance in the Emilia-Romagna colorectal cancer screening programme

Conclusions
Ambient temperatures can affect screening performance. Continued monitoring is needed to verify the effect of introducing FIT tubes with a new buffer, which should guarantee a higher stability of haemoglobin.

Source: Journal of Medical Screening - November 3, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Authors: De Girolamo, G., Goldoni, C. A., Corradini, R., Giuliani, O., Falcini, F., Sassoli DeBianchi, P., Naldoni, C., Zauli Sajani, S. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research