摘要 |
The present invention provides a method of analyzing plasma or serum from a sample of whole blood comprising a) obtaining a sample of whole blood from a subjec t in a container, the container comprising a first end and a second end, the first end of the container for receiving a sample of whole blood; b) centrifuging the contain er under conditions to separate the whole blood into a cell layer, a gel layer and a plasma layer wherein the centrifuging produces in relative juxtaposition the first end of the container, the cell layer, the gel layer, the plasma layer and the second en d of the container; c) inserting into a spectrophotometric device the second end of t he container which comprises the plasma layer in closest relative juxtaposition , to analyze the plasma from the whole blood. |