Use of the BD vacutainer rapid serum tube reduces false-positive results for selected beckman coulter unicel DxI immunoassays

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-329

  Strathmann, Frederick G ^a   Ka, Michael M ^a   Rainey, Petrie M ^a   Baird, Geoffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase MB isoenzyme; False positive; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Interference; Myocardial infarction; Phlebotomy; Plasma separator tube; Rapid serum tube; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Troponin I

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; THYROTROPIN; TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PLASMA SEPARATOR TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAPID SERUM TUBE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN T;

EID: 79960994838     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPZOFJ7KX5QMRW     Document Type: Article

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