2025
Low vacuum (3 mL) rapid serum tubes offer better protection from hemolysis than plasma separator tubes collected in the emergency department
Shang E, Takasugi T, Prellwitz P, Figueroa Villalba C, Sangal R, Venkatesh A, Maciejak L, Oberle E, El-Khoury J. Low vacuum (3 mL) rapid serum tubes offer better protection from hemolysis than plasma separator tubes collected in the emergency department. Clinical Biochemistry 2025, 139: 110984. PMID: 40721040, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2025.110984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid Serum TubesPlasma separation tubesEmergency departmentHs-cTnTPneumatic tube systemSerum tubesHigh-sensitivity troponinHs-cTnT levelsRepeated bloodSeparator tubesDegree of hemolysisED patientsHospital costsBlood samplesLactate dehydrogenaseHemolysisHemolysis rateBloodLaboratory testsCare deliveryProtective mechanisms
2023
Rapid serum tubes reduce transport hemolysis and false positive rates for high-sensitivity troponin T.
Malaeb H, Vera M, Sangal R, Venkatesh A, Possick S, Maciejak L, Oberle E, El-Khoury J. Rapid serum tubes reduce transport hemolysis and false positive rates for high-sensitivity troponin T. Clinica Chimica Acta 2023, 551: 117630. PMID: 38420909, DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2023.117630.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid Serum TubesPlasma separation tubesHigh-sensitivity troponin THs-cTnT valuesHs-cTnTSource of hemolysisEmergency departmentTroponin TSerum tubesFalse positive resultsMedian reductionEffect of hemolysisED patientsSample collectionEffects of tube typeHemolysisPatientsPositive resultsSeparator tubes
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