Argatroban is stable in citrated whole blood for 24 hours.
Susan GuySteve KitchenJ J Van VeenPublished in: International journal of laboratory hematology (2018)
This study proposes that patients receiving treatment in hospitals who cannot provide a dedicated argatroban plasma concentration method could have their samples sent on whole blood within 24 hours of venepuncture to a laboratory who could provide the test.
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