Speckle Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Speckle and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Speckle top tubes Also known as serum separator tubes, tiger top tubes or red gray tubes.
Contain a serum-cell separator gel which separates serum from clotted blood cells during and after centrifugation.
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| Collection tubes Blood may be collected into either:Red top (clot) tubes.Speckle top tubes (serum separator tube).Gray top tubes specifically designed to preserve glucose levels.
Gray top tubes contain additives such as sodium fluoride or potassium oxalate, which prevent metabolism of glucose by blood cells.
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