title: A multilayer membrane system for blood plasma isolation for use in primary health care.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, St Jozef Ziekenhuis, Doetinchem, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: van Oudheusden
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Roesink
mesh_terms: D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000295:instrumentation; D002498:Centrifugation; D006801:Humans; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010949:Plasma; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic