Question

Name an anticoagulant used in blood banks for storing blood.

Answer 1

Anticoagulants :

1. Anticoagulants are used when deadly clots can develop in blood vessels.
2. Normally, blood does not coagulate inside an intact blood artery due to the presence of an active anticoagulant, such as heparin or anti-prothrombin.
3. In laboratories, sodium oxalate and sodium citrate are utilized as anticoagulants. For example: Blood banks.