Relevance of EDTA carryover during blood collection
- 1 January 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in cclm
- Vol. 53 (8), 1271-1278
- https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2014-0944
Abstract
The order of draw is regarded as a preanalytical issue to prevent carryover of additives during blood collection. Our objective was to prove the theory of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) carryover for a closed vacuum system and the influence of EDTA on concentrations of selected biomarkers.To test the carryover of EDTA, a blood collection with tripotassium EDTA (KNo EDTA contamination was detected in samples collected subsequent to a KAn EDTA carryover during blood collection using a closed vacuum system is highly unlikely. Even if carryover of EDTA whole blood occurs, an absolute volume larger than 10 μL would be necessary to alter test results. However, contamination of samples with preloaded pure KKeywords
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