Open AccessAlcohol Used as Disinfectant before Venipuncture does not Lead to Sample Haemolysis or Sample Dilution
Author(s) -
Devajit Sarmah,
Booloo Sharma,
Deepak Sharma,
Sheeja Mathew
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/15967.7245
Subject(s) - venipuncture , haemolysis , alcohol , medicine , aspartate transaminase , surgery , alkaline phosphatase , chemistry , biochemistry , immunology , enzyme
Sample haemolysis is often the leading cause of sample rejections in clinical laboratory. Isopropyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol, used as disinfectant during sample collection is often considered an important cause of sample haemolysis or sample dilution; although there is a paucity of scientific documentation verifying the same.