Table 1

Certified INR value ranges (manual PT technique)

Lyophilised plasma typeRBT/90rTF/95
INR, international normalised ratio; PT, prothrombin time; RBT/90, rabbit plain international reference preparation; rTF/95, human recombinant international reference preparation.
Artificially depleted1.6 to 6.31.6 to 3.4
Individual coumarin1.5 to 6.61.7 to 4.5
Pooled coumarin1.7 to 3.91.8 to 3.4