Hello! My name is Karl Weis. I am responsible for sales.
I would like to give you a short overview about available locking solutions and their capability to match or not to match the requirements of modern locking solutions.
4% Citrate, Heparin and Saline - in my view such locking solutions alone are not the best option because of lack of antimicrobial effectiveness! (Weijmer 2002, ERBP 2010, McRae 2008, Grudzinski 2007)
30% und 46,7% Citrate These lock solutions are not favorable either because of several cardiac and embolic risks for the patient. In addition the patency of the catheter may suffer and therefore the need of Urokinase or Actilyse is raised. Which means the choice is even expensive. (FDA 2000, Punt 2008, Willicombe 2010, Schilcher 2012, Power 2008, Correa Barcellos 2017)