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CPDA-1

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CPDA-1 citrate phosphate dextrose adenine; see anticoagulant citrate phosphate dextrose adenine solution, under solution.
CPDA-1,
abbreviation for citrate phosphate dextrose adenine.

citrate [sit´rāt, si´trāt]
any anionic form, salt, or ester of citric acid.
citrate phosphate dextrose (CPD) a solution containing citric acid, sodium citrate, monobasic sodium phosphate, and dextrose that is the primary anticoagulant used for preservation of whole blood or red blood cells for up to 21 days. The official USP name is anticoagulant citrate phosphate dextrose solution.
citrate phosphate dextrose adenine (CPDA-1) an anticoagulant solution, containing citric acid, sodium citrate, monobasic sodium phosphate, dextrose, and adenine, used for the preservation of whole blood and red blood cells for up to 35 days; it extends red cell survival by providing adenine needed for the maintenance of red cell ATP levels. The official USP name is anticoagulant citrate phosphate dextrose adenine solution.

CPDA-1
citrate-phosphate-dextrose-adenine; an anticoagulant used in blood collection bags.


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RBCs also contain anticoagulants like citrate-phosphate dextrose, or CPD; citrate-phosphate dextrose-dextrose, or CPD2D; or citric--phosphate dextrose-adenine, or CPDA-1.
sources), and with normal serum samples spiked with interference substances heparin, EDTA, ACD, and CPDA-1 (Boston Biomedica).
The letter stated Adventist had dated CPD whole blood with a 35-day expiration date despite regulations calling for a 21-day expiration and noted that CPDA-1 anticoagulant, which the establishment's procedures were said to call for, had a 35-day expiration.
 
 
 
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