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Sodium Citrate |
Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: Blue Top (Citrate Tube)
Minimum Volume: Tube must be at least 1/2 full
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 4 hours
Frozen: aliquot plasma for longer storage
Reference Range
Considered Negative for VTE
<0.5 mg/L FEU
Requires further clinical evaluation
>0.5 mg/L FEU
Methodology
Turbidimetric immunoassay
CPT
85379