A 2-min at 4500 g rather than a 15-min at 2200 g centrifugation does not impact the reliability of 10 critical coagulation assays

Elodie Boissier; Mathieu Sévin-Allouet; Aurélie Le Thuaut; Solène De Gaalon; Marc Trossaërt; Bertrand Rozec; Karim Lakhal; Jean-Christophe Rigal

doi:10.1515/cclm-2016-0670

A 2-min at 4500 g rather than a 15-min at 2200 g centrifugation does not impact the reliability of 10 critical coagulation assays

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2017 May 1;55(6):e118-e121. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0670.

Authors

Elodie Boissier¹, Mathieu Sévin-Allouet², Aurélie Le Thuaut³, Solène De Gaalon², Marc Trossaërt⁴, Bertrand Rozec⁵, Karim Lakhal⁵, Jean-Christophe Rigal⁵

Affiliations

¹ Service d'hématologie biologique, Hôpital Laënnec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Bd Jacques Monod, 44 093 Nantes Cedex 1.
² Service de neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes.
³ Direction de la recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes.
⁴ Service d'hématologie biologique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes.
⁵ Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital Laënnec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes.

PMID: 27732555
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0670

No abstract available

Keywords: anti-Xa activity; factor; fibrinogen; hemostasis; pre analytic; prothrombin time; rapid centrifugation; residual platelet; turnaround time; ultracentrifugation.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Blood Coagulation Tests / methods*
Blood Coagulation Tests / standards*
Centrifugation
Reproducibility of Results
Time Factors