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Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit®) interference?


Mabel Adams

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Does anyone know if Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit®) interferes with blood bank testing, particularly MTS gel?  We had a house fire smoke inhalation victim be given this and his plasma is really dark red.  I see online that "Due to the deep red color of hydroxocobalamin, it can interfere with colorimetric methods used in laboratory measurements such as aspartate aminotransferase, total bilirubin, creatinine, magnesium, and serum iron. It also may interfere with co-oximeter testing of carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin and oxyhemoglobin." http://www.mdpoison.com/media/SOP/mdpoisoncom/healthcareprofessionals/antidote-facts/hydroxocobalamin antidote facts.pdf  We were wondering if it would interfere at all with blood bank testing (besides the obvious difficulty in being able to read the reaction through the color of the plasma in tube testing).

[Sorry about the text boxes below that I can't figure out how to delete.]

 

 

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