After tubes are centrifuged the serum or plasma should be a straw color. There are times that the serum or plasma is a different color due to either an underlying condition or an error in specimen collection. Define each condition and describe what the serum or plasma will look like.a. Hemolysisb. Lipemiac. Icteric2. How would you proceed to resolve the errors?

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After tubes are centrifuged the serum or plasma should be a straw color. There are times that the serum or plasma is a different color due to either an underlying condition or an error in specimen collection. Define each condition and describe what the serum or plasma will look like.

a. Hemolysis
b. Lipemia
c. Icteric

2. How would you proceed to resolve the errors?

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