Comparison of Bayer Advia Centaur<sup>®</sup> immunoassay results obtained on samples collected in four different Becton Dickinson Vacutainer<sup>®</sup> tubes

Morovat, Alireza; James, Thomas S.; Cox, SD; Norris, S. H.; Mc, Rees; Ma, Guoying; Taylor, R. P.

doi:10.1258/000456306778904713

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“…However, Giavarina et al (11) found that lithium heparin plasma could not be used for analysis of folate, testosterone, vitamin B12, and progesterone with the Siemens Advia Centaur ᭨ analyzer (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Medfield, MA, USA). These findings were in agreement with findings reported by Morovat et al (18).…”

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Evaluation of the Becton-Dickinson rapid serum tube: does it provide a suitable alternative to lithium heparin plasma tubes?

Dimeski¹,

Masci

Trabi³

et al. 2010

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

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Background: Obtaining a suitable specimen for analysis in a timely manner is pivotal in clinical chemistry service provision. Serum is recognized as the preferred specimen for most assays, but because of time constraints for completion of clotting and an increasing number of patients on anticoagulant therapy, latent clotting or no clotting is an outcome which can lead to errors and delay in delivery of critical results. Although lithium heparin plasma has unique problems, it has become an alternative in hospital-based laboratories. Methods: The Becton-Dickinson (BD) rapid serum tube (RST) was evaluated in a hospital environment using a total of 53 participants, both healthy and anticoagulated, for 31 analytes against BD PST II and BD SST II tubes measured with Beckman DxC800 and DxI800 analyzers. Results: Most results from the RST tube were comparable with those from the SST II tube. Potassium results were closer to the PST II plasma concentrations. Incomplete and latent clotting was encountered in the RST specimens from participants (cardiac and dialysis) who had received a total of )7000 units of heparin wactivated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) )150 sx, warfarin/heparin combination, and specimens from cardiac surgery patients who had received a

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Evaluation of the Becton-Dickinson rapid serum tube: does it provide a suitable alternative to lithium heparin plasma tubes?

Dimeski¹,

Masci

Trabi³

et al. 2010

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

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“…The use of specialized serum tubes can reduce the required clotting time required and formation of fibrin. During the analytical phase there are additional limitations on the analytical method and the type of tests that can be performed, defined by the compatibility between the analyte and the sample additive, most notably those used for immunoassays (42). Finally, maintaining the sample stability during extended storage is of great benefit to the laboratory, particularly for 'add-on' or future testing.…”

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Preanalytical quality improvement: from dream to reality

Lippi

Chance

Church³

et al. 2011

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

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Laboratory diagnostics (i.e., the total testing process) develops conventionally through a virtual loop, originally referred to as ''the brain to brain cycle'' by George Lundberg. Throughout this complex cycle, there is an inherent possibility that a mistake might occur. According to reliable data, preanalytical errors still account for nearly 60%-70% of all problems occurring in laboratory diagnostics, most of them attributable to mishandling procedures during collection, handling, preparing or storing the specimens. Although most of these would be ''intercepted'' before inappropriate reactions are taken, in nearly one fifth of the cases they can produce inappropriate investigations and unjustifiable increase in costs, while generating inappropriate clinical decisions and causing some unfortunate circumstances. Several steps have already been undertaken to increase awareness and establish a governance of this frequently overlooked aspect of the total testing process. Standardization and monitoring preanalytical variables is of foremost importance and is associated with the most efficient and well-organized laboratories, resulting in reduced operational costs and increased revenues. As such, this article is aimed at providing readers with significant updates on the total quality management of the preanalytical phase to endeavour further improvement for patient safety throughout this phase of the total testing process.

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“…Smets et al compared plastic and glass evacuated serum separator tubes and did not find a major difference between SST glass and plastic for estradiol and testosterone [14]. Bush et al [15] and Morovat et al [6] also reported that the storage of serum within the gel containing tube may cause a decrease in the measured estradiol and testosterone. Decrement in the results of estradiol and testosterone in both gel separator tubes might be due to absorbtion of gel similiar to the same mechanism effecting the therapeutic drug analyses.…”

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“…Although significant differences in many routine biochemical analysis have not been seen, many articles have been published reporting significant declines especially in therapeutic drug levels [3,4]. Recently, published articles have reported the significant effects of gel separator tubes on total triiodothyronine [5] and vitamin B12 [6] immunoassays.…”

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Comparison of Improvacuter™ tubes with BD Vacutainer™ tubes for various hormones in the aspects of stability and influence of gel separators

Züngün

Yılmaz²,

Boru

et al. 2015

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

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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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Comparison of Bayer Advia Centaur^® immunoassay results obtained on samples collected in four different Becton Dickinson Vacutainer^® tubes

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Evaluation of the Becton-Dickinson rapid serum tube: does it provide a suitable alternative to lithium heparin plasma tubes?

Evaluation of the Becton-Dickinson rapid serum tube: does it provide a suitable alternative to lithium heparin plasma tubes?

Preanalytical quality improvement: from dream to reality

Comparison of Improvacuter™ tubes with BD Vacutainer™ tubes for various hormones in the aspects of stability and influence of gel separators

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Comparison of Bayer Advia Centaur® immunoassay results obtained on samples collected in four different Becton Dickinson Vacutainer® tubes

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Cited by 15 publications

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Evaluation of the Becton-Dickinson rapid serum tube: does it provide a suitable alternative to lithium heparin plasma tubes?

Evaluation of the Becton-Dickinson rapid serum tube: does it provide a suitable alternative to lithium heparin plasma tubes?

Preanalytical quality improvement: from dream to reality

Comparison of Improvacuter™ tubes with BD Vacutainer™ tubes for various hormones in the aspects of stability and influence of gel separators

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Comparison of Bayer Advia Centaur^® immunoassay results obtained on samples collected in four different Becton Dickinson Vacutainer^® tubes