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BD Vacutainer
®
Crossmatch Tubes
BD Vacutainer
®
Crossmatch tubes are available in plastic EDTA and plain clot activator tubes. They are used to obtain either a serum sample or a whole
blood or EDTA plasma sample. A pink cap and a specialised crossmatch label, which is larger than the usual block label to allow more information to
be recorded, identify BD Vacutainer
®
Crossmatch tubes.
Cat. No. NHS Code Vol. (ml) Additive Cap Colour Size (mm) Label Type Box/Case Qty
BD Vacutainer
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Plastic EDTA Crossmatch tube with Pink BD Hemogard
TM
Closure
366164 KFK040 4 K2EDTA (Spray) 13x75 Crossmatch 100/1000
367941 KFK277 6 K2EDTA (Spray) 13x100 Crossmatch 100/1000
BD Vacutainer
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Plastic Clot Activator Crossmatch tube with Pink BD Hemogard
TM
Closure
368817 KFK278 6 Silica (Clot Act) 13x100 Crossmatch 100/1000
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Mixing recommendation: Plus Silica tubes should be gently inverted 180º and back 5-6 times
EDTA tubes should be gently inverted 180º and back 8-10 times
Centrifugation Instructions: Plus Serum tubes should be centrifuged at ≤ 1300g for 10 minutes at 25ºC room temperature
These tubes do not follow the established colour code, described in ISO 6710:1995, and used by BD for the majority of our tube product portfolio. These tubes are used to produce
a specific type of sample and the cap colour is intended to differentiate them from regular EDTA and serum tubes. If ordering these tubes, it is important to ensure that the ap-
propriate staff in your organisation are aware of these differences. Using the wrong tube for any given test may result in analytical error.