Multiple Choice
The best anticoagulant to prevent clotting of specimens,such as blood,bone marrow,and synovial fluid,which are submitted for recovery of all types of microorganisms,is:
A) sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS) .
B) heparin.
C) citrate.
D) ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) .
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