Dear colleagues
We have noticed lately that after centrifugation of our gel tubes (BD, SST1)
most of the serum phase becomes solid with very little liquid in its upper
part(no movement in the serum phase after inverting the tubes).
Can anyone tells us:
1. Why does it happen?
2. What should we do? Today, we take out the huge "clot" (sometimes we get
very little amount of serum)and analyze it on our instruments.
3. Are the results reliable after taking out the "clot"?
4. In some of the specimens another clot is recreated again after taking
the clot out. What can be the explanation for that?
Thank you for your help
Dr. Clara Henig
Maccabi Health Care
The north regional LAB
Israel
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