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Table 3 Recommendations for shipping whole blood specimens

From: Shipping blood to a central laboratory in multicenter clinical trials: effect of ambient temperature on specimen temperature, and effects of temperature on mononuclear cell yield, viability and immunologic function

Time of Year

Ambient Temperature

Packing

Winter

30-37°C

37°C warm packs

Summer

RT

RT packs

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Journal of Translational Medicine

ISSN: 1479-5876

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