Sodium Citrate, 3.8% w/v is used as anticoagulant to prevent blood from clotting.Sodium citrate is effective as an anticoagulant due to its mild calcium-chelating properties. Sodium citrate addition to blood prevents it from clotting.

For coagulation tests like prothrombin time test and partial thromboplastin time test, sodium citrate is the anticoagulant of choice because factor V is relatively stable in citrated blood

Sodium Citrate, 3.8% w/v is used as anticoagulant to prevent blood from clotting.Sodium citrate is effective as an anticoagulant due to its mild calcium-chelating properties. Sodium citrate addition to blood prevents it from clotting.

For coagulation tests like prothrombin time test and partial thromboplastin time test, sodium citrate is the anticoagulant of choice because factor V is relatively stable in citrated blood