Citra-Lock™ The safe, easy and effective way to lock every catheter

Citra-Lock™ - catheter lock solution, anti-clotting and antimicrobial is one of the innovations from Dirinco.

The Citrate lock is based on tri-sodium citrate and can be safely used in all catheters!
The Dirinco Group is a Dutch and Swiss based company, with innovations mainly in the field of vascular access, hemotology, oncology and nephrology.

• Citra-Lock™ 4% 5ml vial
• Citra-Lock™ 30% 5ml vial
• Citra-Lock™ 46,7% 5ml vial
• CitraFlow™ 4% prefilled syringe 2,5ml

Citra-Lock™ and Citra-Flow™ are registered as a medical device (Class IIb)

New European Guidelines Catheter Lock Solution

In the June edition of NDTplus the new European recommendation of preventing heamodialysis catheters by ERBP is published.
ERBP ( European Renal Best Practice) is the new guidance body of the European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplantation Association (ERA–EDTA).

The ERBP recommends to use Citrate lock of minimal 4% as the catheter lock solution instead of heparin.

'The clinical advantages offered by citrate have been
confirmed in at least two meta-analyses Over
time, progressively lower concentrations of citrate have
been applied (from 46.7% to 4%) with still significantly
better results, even in the latter case, than those obtained with heparin locks¹' .

1. Vanholder et al, Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of haemodialysis catheter-related blood stream infections (CRBSI), a position statement of European Renal Best Practice (ERBP). NDTplus June 2010