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The BD Vacutainer
™
Plus Plastic Citrate Tubes
were designed to meet the needs and demands
of today’s market.
Outer Tube
• Consists of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate), the virtually
unbreakable material used for all BD Plastic Tubes.
• Retains vacuum, maintaining proper blood to additive ratio.
• Consistent 13x75mm plastic tube external dimensions
in both draw volumes.
• Standard light blue BD Hemogard
™
closure for 2.7mL tubes.
• Clear BD Hemogard
™
closure for 1.8mL tubes.
Inner Tube
• Consists of Polypropylene, a specialized non-activating surface.
• Retains liquid additive, maintaining the proper blood to additive
ratio and citrate concentration.
• Varying inside diameter maintains the same minimized
headspace across all draw volumes.
• Full draw specimen in both 1.8mL and 2.7mL volume tubes.
• Innovative tube geometry
that minimizes tube headspace and
associated platelet activation to
optimize APTT monitoring of
unfractionated heparin patients. You
always get a full draw with standard
outside tube dimensions, for 1.8mL and
2.7mL draw volumes.
• Clinically equivalent
performance
to the recognized global “Gold
Standard”, the 4.5mL BD Vacutainer
™
Glass Citrate Tube.
• Clinically Proven
with multicenter clinical trials
evaluating all routine coagulation
tests on major patient populations,
and utilizing widely used coagulation
analytical systems.
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™
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BD Vacutainer
™
Plus Plastic Citrate Tube
Catalog #
Tube
Hemogard
™
Closure
Draw Citrate Label
Packaging
Dimension Volume Concentration Type
363083 13x75mm
Shield: Solid Lt. Blue
2.7mL 0.109Molar/3.2%
Paper
100/box
Rubber Stopper: Lt. Blue 1000/case
363080 13x75mm
Shield: Translucent Clear
1.8mL 0.109Molar/3.2%
Paper
100/box
Rubber Stopper: Lt. Blue 1000/case
External Tube
13x75mm PET
• Vacuum retention
• Consistent outer dimension
Internal Tube
Smaller Polypropylene
• Minimal platelet activation
• Good liquid barrier
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™
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™
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™
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™
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™
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™
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™
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™
Plus Plastic
Citrate Tube
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