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Serum Tubes
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Serum tubes are used to obtain a serum sample. The tubes are available in plastic, a range of sizes and can be identified by a red cap.
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Serum tubes are also available with a pink cap and crossmatch label for transfusion samples. (See page 16.)
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Plus Serum tubes have the additive silica sprayed on the inner walls of the tube to accelerate the clotting process.
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Serum tubes are also available with the additive thrombin, which significantly accelerates the clotting time. An orange cap identifies
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thrombin tubes.
The minimum recommended clotting time for serum tubes for patients without anticoagulant is:
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Serum Tube (Red) - 60 minutes
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Thrombin Tube (Orange) - 5 minutes
Cat. No. NHS Code Vol. (ml) Additive Cap Colour Size (mm) Label Type Box/Case Qty
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Plastic Serum tube with Red BD Hemogard
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368493 KFK325 2 Silica (Clot Activator) 13x75 Block 100/1000
368975 KFK242 4 Silica (Clot Activator) 13x75 Block 100/1000
367837 KFK168 6 Silica (Clot Activator) 13x100 Block 100/1000
367895 KFK285 10 Silica (Clot
Activator) 16x100 Block 100/1000
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Plastic Thrombin tube with Orange BD Hemogard
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367817 4.8 Thrombin 13x75 Paper 100/1000
367811 6 Thrombin 13x100 Paper 100/1000
Please contact us for copies of BD clinical studies relating to BD Vacutainer
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Plus Serum Tubes
Clinical Paper - VS7266
Mixing recommendation: BD Plus serum tubes should be gently inverted 180º and back 5-6 times
Centrifugation Instructions: ≤ 1300g for 10 minutes at 25ºC room temperature
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