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Summary of content (8 pages)

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Trust BD Vacutainer® Brand System of products you can rely on SST At BD we pledge to continually support the healthcare professional’s need for high quality educational tools and training assistance by providing these value-added materials. Facts About Needlesticks – Prepared especially for Nursing and Phlebotomy staff members, these brochures contain facts about the dangers of needlesticks and the costs associated with them.
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Why BD Vacutainer® Plus Plastic Tubes? There has been an increasing customer preference for safety-engineered product solutions and improved clinical performance. These preferences are being driven by marketplace trends. It is the goal of BD to provide customers with the highest quality products that are clinically proven and medically necessary.
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PST SST BD Vacutainer® SST™ Tubes contain spray-coated silica and a polymer gel for serum separation. They are used for serum determinations in chemistry, blood donor screening and infectious disease testing.* BD Vacutainer® SST™ Tubes provide an efficient means of serum sample preparation and help to improve laboratory workflow. Closure Reference # Tube Size Draw Volume (mm) (mL) Type Colour BD Vacutainer® PST™ Tubes contain spray-coated lithium heparin and a gel for plasma separation.
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Serum EDTA BD Vacutainer® spray-coated K2EDTA Tubes are used for whole blood hematology determinations, immunohematology and blood donor screening.* Closure Reference # Tube Size Draw Volume (mm) (mL) Type Colour BD Vacutainer® Plus Plastic Serum Tubes have spray-coated silica and are used for serum determinations in chemistry. Samples processed in these tubes may also be used for routine blood donor screening, immunohematology, and diagnostic testing of serum for infectious disease.
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Heparin Citrate BD Vacutainer® Heparin Tubes are spray-coated with either lithium heparin or sodium heparin and are used for plasma determinations in chemistry. Closure Reference # Tube Size Draw Volume (mm) (mL) Type Colour Label type BD Vacutainer® Citrate Tubes with 3.2% buffered sodium citrate solution are used for routine coagulation studies. BD Vacutainer® Citrate Plus Tubes now have a minimum fill indicator molded on the tube.
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Glucose BD Vacutainer® Fluoride Tubes contain a glycolytic inhibitor and are used for glucose determinations on plasma. Unless otherwise noted, all BD Vacutainer® Fluoride Tubes contain a mixture of potassium oxalate and sodium fluoride. Closure Tube Size Draw Volume (mm) (mL) Reference # Type Colour Label type 367587* ✓ 13x75 2.0 P 367921 13x75 2.0 P 367922 ✓ 13x75 4.0 P 367925 13x100 6.
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Specialty Tubes CONT’D BD Vacutainer® Specialty Tubes Closure Reference # Description Tube Size (mm) Draw Volume (mL) Type Colour Label type Specialty - Sedimentation Rate Determination (SDR) 366676 G Tube with Buffered Citrate .105M, CE Marked 8x100 1.8 P 369741 G Tube with Buffered Citrate .105M 13x75 2.4 P 366465 G Tube with Buffered Citrate .129M 13x100 4.0 P 366065* G Tube with Buffered Citrate .105M, CE Marked 10x120 5.0 P 366666* G Tube with Buffered Citrate .
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Specialty Tubes CONT’D BD Vacutainer® Specialty Tubes Closure Reference # Description Tube Size (mm) Draw Volume (mL) Type Colour Label type Molecular 362753 G Tube with polymer gel and sodium heparin for mononuclear cell preparation (CPT) 16x125 8.0 Mylar 362760 G Tube with polymer gel and sodium citrate for mononuclear cell preparation (CPT) 13x100 4.0 Mylar 362761 G Tube with polymer gel and sodium citrate for mononuclear cell preparation (CPT) 16x125 8.