Standard serum separator tubes require a 30-minute clot time followed by 10 minutes of centrifugation before clinical laboratory professionals can begin analyzing the sample and getting test results. ...

Effective immediately the WSVL will no longer be able to provide euthanasia services for animals to be submitted for necropsy or disposal. Animals will need to be dead on arrival at the lab. Animals ...

THE usual procedure for obtaining serum from clotted blood is to detach (rim ... in addition the yields of serum vary greatly from sample to sample. By using stronger centrifugal force and ...

Serum and plasma potassium measurements were made on the same sample, which was collected and ... A portion was placed in a clean glass tube, allowed to clot spontaneously at room temperature ...

The test uses serum, which is the liquid that remains after removal of the clotting elements and blood cells from a blood sample. The primary purpose of the test is to check whether a person has ...

The serum samples are kept at an average temperature ... "When you collect blood from an animal and let it clot, it separates into red blood cells and the leftover is serum," Dr Lynch said.