Comparison of glass K3EDTA versus plastic K2EDTA blood-drawing tubes for complete blood counts, reticulocyte counts, and white blood cell differentials

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-14

  Van Cott, Elizabeth M ^a   Lewandrowski, Kent B ^a   Patel, Svetal ^a   Grzybek, Debera Y ^a   Patel, Hemali S ^a   Fletcher, Suzanne R ^a   Kratz, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell counters; Glass tubes; Hematology; Plastic tubes

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; EDETIC ACID; GLASS; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBE; VOLUNTEER; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EDETIC ACID; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GLASS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PLASTICS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0037253238     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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