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  • Contain either acid citrate dextrose (ACD), which maintains RBC viability and may be used for HLA phenotyping, DNA, paternity testing, or lymphocyte surface markers, or:
  • Sodium polyanetholesulfonate (SPS) which is sometimes used to collect blood culture specimens.