Question # 26

A lavender-top EDTA tube submitted for CBC contains visible clots. What is the correct action?

Options:

A.

Mix vigorously and run anyway.

B.

Remove clots with a wooden stick and analyze.

C.

Reject and recollect a properly mixed EDTA whole-blood specimen.

D.

Spin and test the plasma instead.

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