Blood Sample Tube Citrate Light Blue Cap 1.8ml - Box of 100
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Sodium Citrate
Trisodium citrate is used as an anticoagulant for coagulation investigations. It works as an anticoagulant by forming complexes with metal ions such as calcium, thereby inhibiting the coagulation cascade. Anticoagulation with trisodium citrate is reversible.
BD Vacutainer® Citrate tubes contain buffered trisodium citrate in accordance with recommendations:
0.109 M of buffered trisodium citrate solution, equivalent to 3.2% trisodium citrate
The blood to additive ratio is 9:1.
BD Vacutainer® Citrate tubes are also suitable for carrying out special test procedures such as the platelet function test PFA-100®*.