Ann Lab Med.  2024 Nov;44(6):611-613. 10.3343/alm.2024.0234.

Effect of Blood Collection Tubes on Vitamin D Immunoassay Results

• Chae H
• Lee S
• Choi AR
• Cho SE
• Oh EJ

• KMID: 2560813
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2024.0234

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  Fig. 1 Positive interference for 25-hydroxyvitamin D observed with serum collected in Greiner Vacuette serum-separator tubes and measured using the Siemens Atellica IM assay. The positive interference is more significant for lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels than for higher levels. Abbreviations: BD, Becton Dickinson; Greiner Vacuette, Greiner Bio-One Vacuette 8-mL serum-separating tube; BD Vacutainer, Becton Dickinson Vacutainer 8.5-mL serum-separating tube; V-tube, AB Medical V-Tube 8-mL tube with clot activator and gel; VQ-tube, AB Medical VQ-Tube 8-mL with clot activator with thrombin and gel; LC-MS/MS, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

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