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BD Vacutainer

Coagulation Tubes (Buffered Sodium Citrate)

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Citrate tubes are used to obtain a citrate plasma sample. They contain buffered sodium citrate solution, which is used as an antico-

agulant. The tubes are available in a range of sizes in both plastic and glass and can be identiﬁed by a light blue cap.

BD Vacutainer

Plus Citrate features innovative tube geometry that minimises tube headspace and associated platelet activation to optimise APTT

monitoring of unfractionated Heparin patients. You will always get a full draw with standard outside tube dimensions, even with small draw volumes.

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Plus Citrate tubes combine the following advantages:

• Clinically equivalent performance to the recognised global ‘Gold Standard’, the 4.5ml BD Vacutainer

Glass Buffered Citrate tube.

• Clinically proven in multi-centre clinical trials for coagulation testing across all major patient populations.

• Evaluated with the most widely used coagulation analytical systems.

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brand also offers glass CTAD (buffered Citrate, Theophylline, Adenosine and Dipyridamole) tubes to obtain a citrate plasma sample,

where the in vitro heparin activity has been stabilised.

Cat. No. NHS Code Vol. (ml) Additive Cap Colour Size (mm) Label Type Box/Case Qty

BD Vacutainer

Plus Citrate tube with Light Blue BD Hemogard

Closure

363093 KFK117 1.8 Na Citrate (0.109M) 13x75 Block 100/1000

363095 KFK119 2.7 Na Citrate (0.109M) 13x75 Block 100/1000

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Glass Citrate tube with Light Blue BD Hemogard

Closure

367691 KFK186 4.5 Na Citrate (0.105M) 13x75 Block 100/1000

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Glass CTAD tube with Light Blue BD Hemogard

Closure

367562 KFK043 2.7 CTAD (0.109M) 13x75 Paper 100/1000

367595 3.15 CTAD (0.109M) 13x75 Paper 100/1000

367599 KFK022 4.5 CTAD (0.109M) 13x75 Paper 100/1000

1. BD Ref. VS5936 Evaluation of BD Vacutainer

Plus 2.7 and 1.8mL Sodium Citrate Coagulation Tubes Using The ELECTRA 1400c™ Analyser. BD, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA November 2001

2. BD Ref. VS5966 Evaluation of 0.109M BD Vacutainer® Plus Plastic and 0.105M BD Vacutainer

Glass Sodium Citrate Tubes for PT and APTT Using the Sysmex CA - 1500 Analyzer. BD, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA June 2002

Please contact us for copies of BD clinical studies relating to BD Vacutainer

Plus Citrate Tubes

Mixing recommendation: Citrate tubes should be gently inverted 180º

and back 3-4 times

Centrifugation Instructions: Plastic Citrate tubes - 2000-2500g for 10-15 minutes at 25ºC room temperature

Glass Citrate tubes - 1500g for 15 minutes at 25ºC room temperature*