Under-filled blood collection tubes containing K2EDTA as anticoagulant are acceptable for automated complete blood counts, white blood cell differential, and reticulocyte count

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 491-497

  Xu, M ^a,b   Robbe, V A ^a   Jack, R M ^a,b   Rutledge, J C ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood collection volume; CBC; WBC differential

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; EDETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; K 2 EDETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 77957960949     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2009.01211.x     Document Type: Article

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