Re: [HAPS-L] Serum collection

[Alan Magid <amagid@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chet-

OK to piggy back! (But check your email address list for correct HAPS
listserv address, HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx)

In the olden days, blood was stirred with a broom straw to trigger clotting,
and them spun out. One broom ought to yield a lifetime supply!

Why do you want serum? Why not simply add EDTA to whole blood and spin down
the cells? 4 mM should be plenty.

-Alan

> From: "Harbut, Chester" <charbut@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:54:46 -0800
> To: <HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [HAPS-L] Serum collection
>
> Sorry to piggback this on Alan's email but I often have trouble posting a new
> topic.  Anyway, can anyone tell me the fastest way to
> collect SERUM from a blood sample (mine).  I know if you centrifuge a blood
> sample in a heparinized tube that you'll get plasma.  And
> that if you let the blood just sit in an unheparinized tube you'll get serum.
> But what if you don't have a lot of time to wait for all
> that blood to clot and settle out?  Are there faster methods?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chet Harbut


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