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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