A capillary test for the control of heparin therapy

The BaSon test (Baden, Sonnenfield) for the control of heparin therapy has been studied in capillary and venous blood of normal and heparinized children and the same reliability is found. The sensitivity to heparin and the reproducibility of the test have been observed in in invitro studies and the findings show that the sensitivity is excellent and the reproducibility is very good.