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Has anyone ever validated the "Clear Top" Vacutainers, that are marketed as Discard Tubes for clearing IV lines prior to blood collection, for routine testing? ------------------------------ Michael Smith, PhD Science Director Quest Diagnostics -- ...

Dear Colleagues, Great to see the work in this area. We have also been active in Australia. Though the Royal College of pathologists (RCPA we have formed a group to review decision points and reference intervals for serum ferritin (and other iron markers). ...

Yes, with such large differences in reference intervals being reported now, and with the longstanding criterion of > 3 times the Upper Limit of Normal, at least from the laboratory standpoint it seems problematic. A level of 180 U/L would be 3 times ...