Automatic buffy coat extraction: methodology, feasibility, optimization and validation study.
Buffy coat isolation from whole blood has typically been a long, manual process. We tested and evaluated the feasibility, efficiency, and reproducibility of extracting buffy coat by an automated process with the Tecan pipetting robot Freedom Evo200.
Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg , Luxembourg, Luxembourg .
Conny
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Mathay
Wim
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Ammerlaan
Fay
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Betsou
D000328:Adult; D057205:Automation, Laboratory; D058621:Blood Buffy Coat; D001782:Blood Donors; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results