>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 08:28:47 -0400 >From: Betty Anne McBey <bmcbey@ovc.uoguelph.ca> >Organization: pathobiology >X-Accept-Language: en >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Subject: vacutainer tubes and monocytes >X-PMFLAGS: 34078848 0 1 21809.cnm >Status: > > > I seem to remember someone in this newsgroup mentioning awhile ago that >if you used heparinized vacutainer tubes, you would get fewer monocytes >in your buffy coat. I thought I had printed this out, but I can't find >it anywhere. Is there a reference for this? I haven't found anything. >It could be a function of whether the vacutainer tubes are siliconized >or not (some EDTA tubes appear to be). Could anyone help my memory? > Thanks, Betty-Anne > ***************************************** Kerstin Beck Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene Abteilung Virologie Hermann-Herder-Strasse 11 D-79104 Freiburg Telefon : +49-(0)761-203-6646 Fax : +49-(0)761-203-6603 beckk@ukl.uni-freiburg.de *****************************************
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