{"id":4332,"date":"2019-01-24T13:34:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2020-03-17T11:16:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T11:16:54","slug":"new-research-demonstrates-the-benefits-of-transfix-edta-vacuum-blood-collection-tubes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/new-research-demonstrates-the-benefits-of-transfix-edta-vacuum-blood-collection-tubes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research demonstrates the benefits of TransFix\u00ae\/EDTA Vacuum Blood Collection Tubes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new paper has been published in Cytometry part B, comparing two blood stabilising products: the TransFix\u00ae\/EDTA Vacuum Blood Collection Tube (TVT), and the Streck Cyto-Chex BCT.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Findings:<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4334\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/3ml_TVT_IVD-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"3ml TransFix\/EDTA Vacuum Blood Collection Tubes for stabilisation of whole blood for immunophenotyping\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/3ml_TVT_IVD-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/3ml_TVT_IVD-768x1195.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/3ml_TVT_IVD-658x1024.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3ml TransFix\/EDTA Vacuum Blood Collection Tubes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both devices are intended for collection and storage of whole blood specimens for immunophenotyping of leukocytes by flow cytometry for up to 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>However, the authors found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Less autofluorescence in the TVT than BCTs,<\/li>\n<li>Closer MFIs to control samples with TVTs,<\/li>\n<li>Clearer differentiation between sub-populations with TVTs, and<\/li>\n<li>Lower cellular debris with TVTs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full manuscript is available below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button_large\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/cyto.b.21731\">View Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harrison D, Ward R, Bastow S, Parr A, Macro S, and Wallace PK. Interlaboratory Comparison of the TransFix\u00ae\/EDTA Vacuum Blood Collection Tube with the 5 mL Cyto\u2010Chex\u00ae BCT.\u00a0<em>Cytometry Part B<\/em>\u00a02018; 9999: 1\u201312.<\/p>\n<p>Cytomark TVTs are manufactured in the UK and are much more affordable than you may think, so be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cytomark.co.uk\/catalog\/index.php?CG_ID=1&amp;cid=0\">check the latest prices<\/a> on the website for UK customers, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cytomark.co.uk\/distributors.php\">find your local distributor<\/a> for international customers.<\/p>\n<h2>Would you like to learn more?<\/h2>\n<p>For more publications regarding the use of TransFix, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cytomark.co.uk\/bibliography.php?bibliography_category=1\">bibliography section of our website<\/a>, or contact us at <a href=\"mailto:support@cytomark.co.uk\">support@cytomark.co.uk<\/a>. Further information on the advantages of blood stabilisation can be found below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button_large\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cytomark.co.uk\/transfix_human_blood_stabilisation.php\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new paper has been published in Cytometry part B, comparing two blood stabilising products: the TransFix\u00ae\/EDTA Vacuum Blood Collection Tube (TVT), and the Streck Cyto-Chex BCT. Key Findings: Both devices are intended for collection and storage of whole blood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17],"tags":[430,68],"class_list":["post-4332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clinical-diagnosis","category-flow-cytometry","tag-cytomark","tag-immunophenotyping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4332"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5777,"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4332\/revisions\/5777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caltagmedsystems.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}