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Serum Tube (RST)
BD Vacutainer PST
8 to 10 times
Sodium fluoride tubes 5. Aminoglycosides (e.g. kanamycin) have been reported to be effective in dissociating platelet
Gel Separator Tube
With Heparin clumps in cases of EDTA-induced pseudothrombocytopenia.14
Heparin Tube 8 to 10 times BD Microtainer Tubes
with BD Microgard Closure
or EDTA Tube 8 to 10 times
Order of Draw Once laboratory personnel understand the reasons and possible causes for platelet clumping in
BD Vacutainer PPT
8 to 10 times
Gel Separator Tube with K 2EDTA
Order Mix by an EDTA-anticoagulated blood specimen, it can be much easier to deal with clumped platelets when
Fluoride (glucose) Tube 8 to 10 times
of Draw Additive Inverting
they occur, and in many circumstances, prevent them from occurring in the first place.
*When using a winged blood collection set for venipuncture and a
coagulation (citrate) tube is the first specimen tube to be drawn, a
discard tube should be drawn first. The discard tube must be used to fill 8x
the blood collection set tubings dead space with blood but the discard
tube does not need to be completely filled. This important step will 363706 K2EDTA
ensure maintenance of the proper blood-to-additive ratio of the blood
specimen. The discard tube should be a nonadditive or coagulation tube.
Lithium
NOTE: Always follow your facilitys protocol for order of draw
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Heparin
10x
Lithium
EDTA tubes 365985
Heparin and
Gel for Plasma
10x
Separation
Heparin tubes 365987
NaFl/Na2EDTA
Sodium fluoride tubes 365992
10x
No Additive
0x
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