Can dipotassium EDTA and sodium fluoride be used together in blood collection tubes?

In recent years, with the progress of the medical industry, more and more automatic instruments are used to assist the detection of patients' conditions, which not only saves time, but also further makes the detection results more accurate. One of them is a blood sugar detection analysis, which will also rely on the appropriate anticoagulant to help the measurement and reduce errors when performing instrument testing. For blood sugar testing, some people say that dipotassium EDTA can be used, and some people say that sodium fluoride can be used. Can these two be used together? The answer is yes.

As a weak anticoagulant, sodium fluoride has a melting point of >990°C. When added to the bottom of the anticoagulation test tube, it can be dried at 100°C. It can effectively inhibit NSE in the process of glucose catabolism, so that the dehydration of monophosphoglyceric acid generated in the third stage of the glucose catabolism pathway is blocked, thereby effectively inhibiting glucose catabolism and maintaining the stability of the concentration components. It is a blood glucose test specimen of high-quality preservatives.

As an anticoagulant, dipotassium EDTA can complex calcium ions in the blood, and has a fast dissolution rate and good anticoagulant effect. As an additive, it is added to the test tube. Like sodium fluoride, it needs to be dried at a temperature of 100 ° C to maintain the anticoagulant effect and will not cause a decomposition reaction. In the whole preparation process, it is easy to control, and when used together with sodium fluoride, it can improve the efficiency of blood glucose detection and analysis, and at the same time, it has the inhibitory effect of sodium fluoride on glucose catabolism, maintains the stability of blood glucose concentration, and has high practical value.

Therefore, it can be seen from this that sodium fluoride and dipotassium EDTA can be used together for blood sugar detection, not that they cannot be used together. Desheng Biochemical is an established manufacturer of blood collection tube additives, including serum separation gel, sodium heparin, lithium heparin, dipotassium EDTA, sodium fluoride, etc. All products have product inspection reports, and there are special departments to supervise and control product quality to ensure your purchasing experience. And in addition to quality, in terms of service, there are also standard pre-sales and after-sales services. Any problems will be solved by one-stop. If you have any needs in this regard, please click on the official website for details!