K3EDTA Vacuum Tubes Validation for Routine Hematological Testing
Joint Authors
Montagnana, Martina
Guidi, Gian Cesare
Lima-Oliveira, Gabriel
Solero, Giovanni Pietro
Salvagno, Gian Luca
Lippi, Giuseppe
Poli, Giovanni
Picheth, Geraldo
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-07-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background and Objective.
Some in vitro diagnostic devices (e.g, blood collection vacuum tubes and syringes for blood analyses) are not validated before the quality laboratory managers decide to start using or to change the brand.
Frequently, the laboratory or hospital managers select the vacuum tubes for blood collection based on cost considerations or on relevance of a brand.
The aim of this study was to validate two dry K3EDTA vacuum tubes of different brands for routine hematological testing.
Methods.
Blood specimens from 100 volunteers in two different K3EDTA vacuum tubes were collected by a single, expert phlebotomist.
The routine hematological testing was done on Advia 2120i hematology system.
The significance of the differences between samples was assessed by paired Student’s t-test after checking for normality.
The level of statistical significance was set at P<0.05.
Results and Conclusions.
Different brand’s tubes evaluated can represent a clinically relevant source of variations only on mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW).
Basically, our validation will permit the laboratory or hospital managers to select the brand’s vacuum tubes validated according to him/her technical or economical reasons for routine hematological tests.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lima-Oliveira, Gabriel& Lippi, Giuseppe& Salvagno, Gian Luca& Montagnana, Martina& Poli, Giovanni& Solero, Giovanni Pietro…[et al.]. 2012. K3EDTA Vacuum Tubes Validation for Routine Hematological Testing. ISRN Hematology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505382
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lima-Oliveira, Gabriel…[et al.]. K3EDTA Vacuum Tubes Validation for Routine Hematological Testing. ISRN Hematology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505382
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lima-Oliveira, Gabriel& Lippi, Giuseppe& Salvagno, Gian Luca& Montagnana, Martina& Poli, Giovanni& Solero, Giovanni Pietro…[et al.]. K3EDTA Vacuum Tubes Validation for Routine Hematological Testing. ISRN Hematology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505382
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-505382