Comparison of Plastic vs. Glass Evacuated Serum-Separator (SSTTM) Blood-Drawing Tubes for Common Clinical Chemistry Determinations

Autor:	David D. Koch, David J. Hassemer, Ronald H. Laessig, B M Hill
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Chemistry Hospitalized patients Biochemistry (medical) Clinical Biochemistry medicine Separator (oil production) Potassium blood Clinical method Blood drawing Surgery Biomedical engineering
Zdroj:	Clinical Chemistry. 38:1474-1478
ISSN:	1530-8561 0009-9147
Popis:	We evaluated a plastic evacuated blood-drawing tube containing an integral serum-separating barrier gel, by direct comparison with a glass counterpart. The plastic tube demonstrated no differences when compared for common clinical chemistry analytes with multiple types of instruments and systems. A total of 260 such different combinations were studied with emphasis on tests sensitive to drawing and handling indexes such as lactate dehydrogenase and potassium. A total of six separate blood drawings were tested with no significant differences noted in these tests. The total study included subjective evaluations of the plastic tube's use as a blood-drawing device and objective studies based on quantitative test results from normal and hospitalized patients and use of the primary sampling tubes (both plastic and glass) for 48-h storage.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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