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When coagulation tests are performed, the recommended guideline is that a discard tube be used and the coagulation testing should be done only on the second tube. This guideline is however inconsistently enforced and most laboratories follow a single tube draw for routine coagulation testing. Few studies have however, challenged this guideline and have shown that comparable results can be obtained in both tubes when a two tube draw is used. This prospective study was done over a 3 months period in the hematology laboratory under the Clinical Hematology unit of a tertiary care teaching institution in North India. Fifty-six paired specimens were drawn from healthy volunteers following the prescribed "two tube draw" method. Prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) were performed within 1 h of sample collection on a fully automated photo-optical coagulation instrument (Ceveron-Alpha). Paired results for PT and APTT were compared using Bland-Altman plots for method comparison. There was good correlation between the PT, INR and APTT of the first and second tubes with bias of 0.09, -0.05 and 0.3 respectively). Bland-Altman plots showed acceptable agreement between the two values with 95 % confidence interval ranging from -0.62 to 0.79 for PT, -0.05 to 0.06 for INR and -3.9 to 4.6 for APTT. Our study has shown no significant difference between PT and APTT values for the first and second tubes. Hence the use of a discard tube is not required.

Routine Coagulation Testing: Do We Need a Discard Tube?