Results of the Clinical Pratices Survey

From: vbsmith@UNMC.EDU
Date: Tue May 09 2000 - 11:48:49 EST


Thanks to all the respondents(24)!!  Here are the results.
Victoria Boryca Smith
UNMC
OB-GYN Research
vbsmith@unmc.edu

Clinical Practices Survey Results

1.  If a specimen is rejected due to age post draw, what is the cut-off
time for rejection?
A)>12 hours
1    4%
B)>18 hours
0    0%
C)>24 hours
8    33%
D)>36 hours
2    8%
E)>48 hours
9    38%
No rejection
4    17%

2.  On average, how old (post draw) is specimen when stained?
A)0 Hours
4    17%
B)1-6 hours
13   54%
C)6-12 hours
1    4%
D)12-24 hours
6    25%
E)>24 hours
2    8%

3.  Do you stain before or after lysis?
BEFORE
17   71%
AFTER
3    13%
EITHER
3    13%

4.  Which lysis method does your laboratory use?
A)FACSlyse
13   54%
B)ImmunoPrep
3    13%
C)Immunolyse
2    8%
D)Optilyse
0    0%
E)Uti-lyse
0    0%
F)   NH4Cl
8    33% (1/2 use commercial preps)
G)   Other
2    8%

5.  How many hours is specimen stored after staining before analysis?
A)0 Hours
14   58%
B)1-6 hours
7    29%
C)6-12 hours
2    8%
D)12-24 hours
2    8%
E)>24 hours
3    13%

6.  Is specimen fixed prior to analysis? Method?
NO
6    25%
FORM
4    17%
PARAFORM
9    38%
IMMUNOPREP(PARAFORM)
4    17%



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