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BD Vacutainer
®
Venous Blood Collection
Tube Guide
BD Diagnostics
Preanalytical Systems
1 Becton Drive
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 USA
* Invert gently, do not shake
** The performance characteristics of these tubes have not been established for infectious disease testing in general; therefore, users must
validate the use of these tubes for their specific assay-instrument/reagent system combinations and specimen storage conditions.
*** The performance characteristics of these tubes have not been established for immunohematology testing in general; therefore, users must
validate the use of these tubes for their specific assay-instrument/reagent system combinations and specimen storage conditions.
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Tubes for pediatric and partial draw applications can be found on our website.
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®
Blood Collection Tubes, visit www.bd.com/vacutainer.
Many are available in a variety of sizes and draw volumes (for pediatric applications). Refer to our website for full descriptions.
BD Vacutainer
®
Tubes
with
BD Hemogard
™
Closure
BD Vacutainer
®
Tubes
with
Conventional Stopper Additive
Inversions
at Blood
Collection* Laboratory Use
Your Lab’s
Draw Volume/Remarks
Gold
Red/
Gray
• Clot activator and gel
for serum separation
5 For serum determinations in chemistry.
May be used for routine blood donor
screening and diagnostic testing of serum
for infectious disease.
**
Tube inversions
ensure mixing of clot activator with blood.
Blood clotting time: 30 minutes.
Light
Green
Green/
Gray
• Lithium heparin
and gel for plasma
separation
8 For plasma determinations in chemistry.
Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant
(heparin) with blood to prevent clotting.
Red Red
• Silicone coated (glass)
• Clot activator, Silicone
coated (plastic)
0
5
For serum determinations in chemistry.
May be used for routine blood donor
screening and diagnostic testing of serum
for infectious disease.
**
Tube inversions
ensure mixing of clot activator with blood.
Blood clotting time: 60 minutes.
Orange
• Thrombin-based clot
activator with gel for
serum separation
5 to 6 For stat serum determinations in chemistry.
Tube inversions ensure mixing of clot activator
with blood. Blood clotting time: 5 minutes.
Orange
• Thrombin-based clot
activator
8 For stat serum determinations in chemistry.
Tube inversions ensure mixing of clot activator
with blood. Blood clotting time: 5 minutes.
Royal
Blue
• Clot activator
(plastic serum)
• K
2
EDTA (plastic)
8
8
For trace-element, toxicology, and
nutritional-chemistry determinations.
Special stopper formulation provides
low levels of trace elements
(see package insert). Tube inversions ensure
mixing of either clot activator or anticoagulant
(EDTA) with blood.
Green Green
• Sodium heparin
• Lithium heparin
8
8
For plasma determinations in chemistry.
Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant
(heparin) with blood to prevent clotting.
Gray Gray
• Potassium oxalate/
sodium fluoride
• Sodium fluoride/Na
2
EDTA
• Sodium fluoride
(serum tube)
8
8
8
For glucose determinations. Oxalate and
EDTA anticoagulants will give plasma
samples. Sodium fluoride is the
antiglycolytic agent. Tube inversions
ensure proper mixing of additive with blood.
Tan
• K
2
EDTA (plastic) 8 For lead determinations. This tube is certified
to contain less than .01 µg/mL(ppm) lead.
Tube inversions prevent clotting.
Yellow
• Sodium
polyanethol sulfonate (SPS)
• Acid citrate dextrose
additives (ACD):
Solution A -
22.0 g/L trisodium citrate,
8.0 g/L citric acid, 24.5 g/L
dextrose
Solution B -
13.2 g/L trisodium citrate,
4.8 g/L citric acid, 14.7 g/L
dextrose
8
8
8
SPS for blood culture specimen collections
in microbiology.
ACD for use in blood bank studies, HLA
phenotyping, and DNA and paternity testing.
Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant
with blood to prevent clotting.
Lavender Lavender
• Liquid K
3
EDTA (glass)
• Spray-coated K
2
EDTA
(plastic)
8
8
K
2
EDTA and K
3
EDTA for whole blood
hematology determinations. K
2
EDTA may be
used for routine immunohematology testing,
and blood donor screening.
***
Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant
(EDTA) with blood to prevent clotting.
White
• K
2
EDTA and gel for
plasma separation
8 For use in molecular diagnostic test methods
(such as, but not limited to, polymerase chain
reaction [PCR] and/or branched DNA [bDNA]
amplification techniques.) Tube inversions
ensure mixing of anticoagulant (EDTA) with
blood to prevent clotting.
Pink Pink
• Spray-coated K
2
EDTA
(plastic)
8 For whole blood hematology determinations.
May be used for routine immunohematology
testing and blood donor screening.
***
Designed with special cross-match label for
patient information required by the AABB.
Tube inversions prevent clotting.
Light
Blue
Light
Blue
• Buffered sodium citrate
0.105 M (≈3.2%) glass
0.109 M (3.2%) plastic
• Citrate, theophylline,
adenosine, dipyridamole
(CTAD)
3-4
3-4
For coagulation determinations. CTAD for
selected platelet function assays and routine
coagulation determination. Tube inversions
ensure mixing of anticoagulant (citrate) to
prevent clotting.
Clear
Clear
New
Red/
Light Gray
• None (plastic) 0 For use as a discard tube or secondary
specimen tube.