Abstract:An analysis of blood specimen container leakageSince the study which we recently reported (Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1978, 31, 888) we have modified the fluorescein test for leakage from closed containers in order to take account of the rheological differences between aqueous fluid and blood. The reagent that we now use consists of 10 volumes of blood in 1-5 volumes of ACD, to which are added 25 g/l of sodium fluorescein (uranine). A sufficient volume of this is pipetted into the bottom of the container… Show more
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