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PST
BD Vacutainer
®
PST
™
Tubes contain spray-coated lithium heparin and a gel for
plasma separation. They are used for plasma determinations in chemistry.
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Reference #
Tube Size Draw Volume
Type Colour Label type
(mm) (mL)
367960 ✓ 13x75 3.0 P
367961 13x100 3.5 P
367962 ✓ 13x100 4.5 P
367964 ✓ 16x100 8.0 P
▲ BD CLINICAL ADVANTAGE:
BD Vacutainer
®
PST
™
Lithium Heparin Tubes eliminate the need to wait for a clot
to form, making it an ideal tube for STAT procedures, as well as for patients
receiving anticoagulant therapy. The BD Vacutainer
®
PST
™
Tube still provides
the convenience of gel separation with the added advantage of improved
turnaround times.
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.
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Reference #
Tube Size Draw Volume
Type Colour Label type
(mm) (mL)
367983 ✓ 13x75 3.5 P
367986 ✓ 13x100 5.0 P
367977 ✓ 13x100 4.0 P
367974 16x100 6.0 P
367988 ✓ 16x100 8.5 P
Transport tube
367987 16x100 7.5 P
367985 16x125 10.0 P
* 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.
▲ BD CLINICAL ADVANTAGE:
Samples processed in BD Vacutainer
®
Rapid Serum Tubes (RST) provide a clotted
specimen in 5 minutes, resulting in clear serum** for quality performance.
Together this can lead to increased lab efficiency and improved patient
management. The speed of plasma, the quality of serum. **Data on file.
RST
BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tubes contain a proprietary thrombin-based medical
clotting agent and a polymer gel for serum separation. They are used for serum
determinations in chemistry.
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Reference #
Tube Size Draw Volume
Type Colour Label type
(mm) (mL)
368771 13x100 4.0 P