APPARATUS FOR INHIBITING GLYCOLYSIS IN BLOOD SAMPLES

摘要

A blood collection device comprising a formed additive paIticle formulation. The additive particle formulation is an improvement over available additive formulations that are powder blended in that the components of the additive formulation of the present invention are in each formed particle. The formed additive particle formulation comprises a fluoride salt and an oxalate salt to minimize glycolysis and coagulation of a blood specimen.