Effect on 16 Analytes of Overnight Storage of Specimens Collected into Heparinised Evacuated Tubes with Plasma Separator
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
- Vol. 27 (1) , 56-58
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000456329002700111
Abstract
Specimens taken into Becton Dickinson lithium heparin Vacutainers with plasma separator were compared with specimens taken into ordinary Becton Dickinson lithium heparin Vacutainers. After overnight storage, results for sodium, potassium, phosphate, albumin, lactate dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, and urate concentrations showed statistical differences. Only the difference observed in urate concentration is likely to affect clinical interpretation.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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