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==Blood handling==
 
==Blood handling==
 
Requirements for blood handling:  
 
Requirements for blood handling:  
*two blood collection tubes with lithium heparin (a 0.5 ml orange top tube and a 1.0ml green top tube with gel) and  
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*Two blood collection tubes with lithium heparin (a 0.5 ml orange top tube and a 1.0ml green top tube with gel) and four microscope coverslips (or three microscope slides)
*four microscope coverslips (or three microscope slides)
   
*Put 0.5 ml of blood into the 0.5 ml tube (for haematology) and 1.0 ml into the 1.0 ml tube (for biochemistry).
 
*Put 0.5 ml of blood into the 0.5 ml tube (for haematology) and 1.0 ml into the 1.0 ml tube (for biochemistry).
 
*From the small amount of blood left in the needle make two blood films.  
 
*From the small amount of blood left in the needle make two blood films.  
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