Acknowledgments
We thank Greiner Bio-One for providing the FC Mix tubes for the evaluation.
Author contributions:All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Employment or leadership:None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
Competing interests:The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
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