An apparatus for the inhibition of glycolysis in blood samples

摘要

A blood collection device comprising formed additive particles. The additiveparticles are an improvement over available additive formulations that are powderblended in that the components of the additive particles of the present invention arein each formed particle. The formed additive particles comprise a fluoride salt andan ethylenediaminetetraacetate salt or a heparin salt to consistently minimizeglycolysis and coagulation of a blood specimen with low hemolysis.