Gel containing tubes (both BD and Improve) gave comparable results with the tubes which do not contain gel except for estradiol and testosterone. The use of gel containing tubes for estradiol and testosterone are not recommended on UniCel® DxI 800 according to our results. The change in the analyte concentrations over 48 h remained within the TEA limits for the studied analytes. Improve tubes gave similar results to BD tubes.
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