A series of clotting tests on a mixture of normal and patients plasma with the aim of distinguishing a factor deficiency from a coagulation inhibitor.
Tube
05 (CP) – Citrate
ID
12724
Availability
Weekdays.
Additional Information
A 50:50 mixture of normal & patients plasma is tested at several timed intervals to see if the abnormal patients plasma is corrected by addition of normal plasma. Also to see if the correction is maintained of a 2 hour period when incubated at 37C.
Send to
Specialist Coagulation
Chancellor / Lincoln Wing Link Corridor
Pathology
Block 32
St James University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Contact
Collection Con
Citrate tubes must be filled to the line – 2 x citrate samples required.
Samples must be processed within 6 hours of being taken.
Sample REQ
Blood.
Ref. Range (Male)
>70% correction.
Ref. Range (Female)
>70% correction.
Ref. Range (Paed)
>70% correction.
Ref. Range Notes
Descriptive report.
Units
Descriptive report.
IP Acute TAT
Contact laboratory.
IP Routine TAT
10 days.
GP Acute TAT
Contact laboratory.
GP Routine TAT
10 days.