Description

The BD Vacutainer® SST™ II Advance blood collection tubes are used for coagulation studies. These PET tubes can be identified by a Gold cap.

The gold cap has the BD Hemogard™ tube closure, designed to protect from blood which may splatter when the tube is opened. The rubber stopper is recessed inside the plastic shield, preventing exposure to blood present on the stopper.

These tubes contain an inert gel barrier that separates the serum from the blood clot during centrifugation, preventing contamination of the serum. For example, in serum certain analytes such as potassium, phosphorus and glucose should be separated from the cells within a few hours – otherwise the results will be significantly impacted. Using BD SST™ II Advance tubes, routine analytes in clinical chemistry such as potassium are still stable after a week of storage at 2-8ºC. Clinical evaluation of special chemistries such as therapeutic drugs, proteins, peptides, steroids and vitamins demonstrates a high degree of stability within the BD SST™ II Advance.

The main advantages of gel tubes versus non-gel tubes are:

• Stable barrier between serum and clotted blood during transportation and storage, leading to better analyte stability
• Better sample quality
• Work flow optimisation due to short centrifugation, sample processing, and primary tube archiving time
• No requirement for secondary tubes, reducing the possibility of mis-identification

13 x 75mm, 3.5ml draw volume, sterile push cap tube. Pack of 10.