BD Vacutainer® Plastic citrate tube, Buffered sodium citrate (0.109 M, 3.2%) Light Blue Cap Cat# 791-363080

Citrate
BD Vacutainer® Citrate Tubes with 3.2% buffered sodium citrate solution are used for
routine coagulation studies. These tubes are short dated.

Closure Type/Color: Light blue/H
Draw Volume (mL): 1.8 mL
Plastic (P): p
Label Type: paper
Shelfpack: 100
Tube Size (mm): 13 x 75
Tube Type: citrate

Cat# 791-363080

▲ BD CLINICAL ADVANTAGE:
Sodium citrate concentrations can have significant effects on APTT and PT assays especially with patients receiving IV heparin therapy and when responsive reagents are used. For this reason it is very important that laboratories determine their normal range of APTT and PT based on one citrate concentration and consistently use this concentration for all patient samples. BD offers only the 3.2% citrate concentration, as recommended by NCCLS