Abstract:
This study was done in Khartoum state in the period of November 2013 to march 2014, to detect the effect of anticoagulant on platelet profile among healthy individuals (17-24 year old). This study included 100 individual. The platelet count and indices was gained by blood analyzer. Five ml of venous blood had been drawn from all study participants, 2.5 ml placed in ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) container, 2.5 ml placed in Tri Sodium Citrate (TSC) ( 25 samples placed in commercial container and 25 samples placed in manually prepared containers ). Both blood samples was used for complete blood count (CBC) which has been carried out using automated cell counter (sysmex Kx 21N) . The data analyzed by using of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) program in computer.
