The Best Anticoagulant That Can Be Used to Prevent Clotting

question 23

Multiple Choice

The best anticoagulant that can be used to prevent clotting of specimens such as blood, bone marrow, and synovial fluid that are submitted for recovery of all types of microorganisms is

• A)sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS).
• B)heparin.
• C)citrate.
• D)EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid).

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