In the journal, "THE TRANSITION FROM GEL SEPARATORY SERUM TUBES TO LITHIUM HEPARIN GEL TUBES IN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY" by Oğuzhan Zengi, In what ways does the use of LIH tubes impact laboratory workload and efficiency compared to traditional serum tubes, especially considering the potential benefits of reduced aspiration errors and false results?
According to the journal the regression analysis and Bland-Altman plots showed that most tests had no significant difference between the serum and LIH samples. This makes it so that LIH is a viable alternative on top of the fact that it improves sample quality and reduced the aspiration errors that then reduces turnaround times in the emergency laboratory.
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Article Comparison of test results obtained from lithium heparin gel...
Additionally, with lithium heparin tubes there is noworry about clot formation (normally) and this is a time saver in getting the blood analyzed.
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