I was wondering whether anyone has any experience of sending samples to Amsterdam Medical Centre for erythrocyte essential fatty acids ? Do you have protocols for washing the cells prior to sending the sample, or do you courier the whole blood sample prior to any sample prep ? Is there a particular person to contact in Amsterdam ? As far as I am aware nowhere in the UK offers the assay anymore although plasma essential fatty acids are measured by the lab at West Park Hospital, Epsom. If anyone knows any different please let me know. Thanks, Katherine Wright Principal Biochemist Alder Hey Childrens Hospital Liverpool, UK Tel : 0151 2525486 ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk Green Laboratories Work http://www.laboratorymedicine.nhs.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/