Maya Al-Shidhani, Huda Al Saadi, Waad-Allah Mula-Abed and Nafila B. Al Riyami
Hemolysis is one of the most common sources of preanalytical interference encountered in the clinical biochemistry laboratory. Hemolysis is known to cause variable interference in cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and troponin T (cTnT) assays. Each laboratory should determine and publish these effects. In this experimental study, we determined the effect of hemolysis of in vitro samples on both types of cardiac troponin assays and whether the effect was clinically significant.