PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This product is not available for purchase in North America and Nordic and Baltic Countries. Prepared from a prothrombin complex concentrate extracted from human citrated plasma and fully activated in a purified system. Thrombin is then purified using an ion exchange chromatography and stabilised. It is a highly purified preparation, mainly in the α form, with a specific activity ≥ 1500 NIH/mg.

1 vial containing approximately 100 NIH of thrombin.

PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS

PRODUCT COMPONENTS

Thrombin activity is reported in harmonized NIH or IU or USP units by reference to the WHO/NIBSC International Standard for Human Thrombin (01/580) (refer to “A reunification of the US (“NIH”) and International Unit into a single standard for Thrombin”, Longstaff et al, Thromb Haemost 2005, 93:261-6)). NIH is a clotting unit for thrombin activity.

Stabilised and lyophilised human Thrombin.

1 vial containing approximately 100 NIH of thrombin.

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