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Evidence for Endotoxin Contamination in Plastic Na+-Heparin Blood Collection Tube Lots

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2010

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Kathryn J. Newhall, Geoffrey S. Diemer, Natalia Leshinsky, Keith Kerkof, Hilary Chute, Chris B. Russell, William A. Rees, Andrew A. Welcher, Scott D. Patterson, Gary Means
Clinical Chemistry

Abstract

Endotoxin contamination associated with tubes from 3 lots of a particular type of plastic Na(+)-heparin Vacutainer tube dramatically affected biomarker assay measurements. Prescreening these tubes is suggested before their use in clinical sample analysis.

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