Sodium Citrate TubesBlack cap
Sodium Citrate 3.8%
Meditubex® · Vacuum & Non-Vacuum
3.8% citrate at a 1:4 ratio, purpose-built for Westergren ESR testing.
Clinical principle
3.8% sodium citrate at a 1:4 citrate-to-blood ratio is optimised for Westergren ESR measurement.
Applications
- Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Frequently asked
Specifications
- Cap colour
- Black cap
- Additive
- Buffered trisodium citrate 3.8%
- Specimen
- Plasma / Whole Blood
- Tube type
- Vacuum & Non-Vacuum
- Ratio
- 1:4 (citrate : blood)
- Tube sizes
- 13 × 75 mm · 2 ml
- 8 × 120 mm (ESR) · 1.28 ml
- Inversions
- 3–4 times, gently
- Applications
- Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
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