| 摘要 |
A technique and receptacle (20) for disinfecting biological fluids such as whole blood is described in which the disinfectant (23) is prepositioned in a receptacle (20) for biological fluids utilized for clinical evaluation in an amount which is sufficient to disinfect the fluid without interfering with subsequent clinical evaluation. The amount of disinfectant (23) positioned in the receptacle (20) is adjusted to provide an ultimate concentration in the blood specimen of aldehyde based disinfectant (23) of about 0.001 to 5.0 weight percent and is buffered to a pH of about 7.2 to 8.5, preferably about 7.4. The aldehyde based disinfectant (23) used in accordance with the invention has also been found to facilitate separation of the fluid components of the blood by causing gelling of cellular blood components. |
