. 2001 May;39(5):1788–1790. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1788-1790.2001

TABLE 1.

Intra-assay variability of whole blood collection tubes^a

Tube type	HCV RNA quantitation results for patient no.:
	Mean HCV RNA (IU/ml)		SD		CV (%)
	1	2	1	2	1	2
Vacuette EDTA	196,000	611,000	20,300	78,600	10	13
Vacuette NAST	163,000	348,000	54,800	80,700	34	23
Vacutainer EDTA	217,000	594,000	22,700	93,400	10	16

Data were obtained by testing seven replicates.