The Modern Pneumatic Tube System Transports with Reduced Speed Does Not Affect Special Coagulation Tests.

Pneumatic tube transport systems (PTS) for delivery of patient samples to a hemostasis laboratory are often used to reduce turnaround time for vital analyses. PTS in our hospital has the ability to regulate the transport speed in the range of 3-6 m/s with acceleration control technology. We evaluated the effects of PTS transport for routine coagulation tests, platelet function tests and special global coagulation tests.

Quantitative assessment of informative immunophenotypic markers increases the diagnostic value of immunophenotyping in mature CD5-positive B-cell neoplasms.

Background: The data on the clinical utility of the quantitative assessment of immunophenotypes in distinguishing mature CD5-positive B-cell neoplasms is limited. The study aim was to assess the diagnostic value of the quantitative assessment of a panel of 18 markers and to identify the most informative ones.

Methods: The immunophenotype of the neoplastic population was determined in diagnostic specimens from 188 patients.