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A study was undertaken to investigate the magnitude of potential trace metal contamination contributed by various commercial evacuated blood tubes to blood samples under experimental conditions. None of the tubes tested contributed significant Cu contamination whereas the 1% nitric acid and human blood leaching data clearly indicate that Zn, Pb and Cd contamination of blood samples can be a significant problem with certain blood collection tubes under normal handling, shipping and storage conditions. The implications of these experimental findings are discussed. It is recommended that several of the evacuated blood tubes be leach tested prior to use with blood or plasma and the eluate analyzed for potential trace metal contamination problems.
S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
November 1979,
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry,
S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
May 1979,
Clinical chemistry,
S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
July 1984,
Medical laboratory sciences,
S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
February 1977,
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S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
August 1975,
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S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
April 2001,
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S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
June 1982,
Clinical chemistry,
S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
January 2008,
High altitude medicine & biology,
S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
May 1998,
Thrombosis and haemostasis,
S B Nackowski, and
R D Putnam, and
D A Robbins, and
M O Varner, and
L D White, and
K W Nelson
November 2021,
Journal of forensic sciences,
