Dilution Method: Skip Aspirin?

[Iamthatguy]

I saw in one post that it is no longer advised to incorporate aspirin...

Is this still true?

Thanks in advance!

[faded206]

not 2 sure, I took 2 anacin and passed mine last week diluting ate 3 tums and used powerade all other items listed this saved me big time

[Burnt Toast]

not 2 sure, I took 2 anacin and passed mine last week diluting ate 3 tums and used powerade all other items listed this saved me big time More than likely youve passed because of the dilution factor - and not the aspirin.

I saw in one post that it is no longer advised to incorporate aspirin...

Is this still true?

Aspirin is outdated tech. Back in the day, it was used as an interferant for only one type of test: the first-generation EMIT screen. Since then, a second-gen EMIT was introduced to tackle the interference issues caused by aspirin.
Mechanism and elimination of aspirin-induced interference in Emit II d.a.u. assays -- Linder and Valdes 40 (8): 1512 -- Clinical Chemistry (http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/abstract/40/8/1512)

As a result, the first-gen EMIT is seldom used anymore (if, at all).