A multilayer membrane system for blood plasma isolation for use in primary health care.
A new membrane-based device is described for the quantitative separation of plasma from blood cells using neither centrifugation nor pipetting. The concentration of cholesterol in the isolated plasma was determined using a newly developed instrument, the Primetest. The results were in good agreement with those obtained in the hospital laboratory.
van Oudheusden
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Department of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, St Jozef Ziekenhuis, Doetinchem, The Netherlands.
Roesink
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D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000295:instrumentation; D002498:Centrifugation; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010949:Plasma; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic