Evacuated Blood Tubes
Capped sterile tubes with an internal vacuum that are commonly used to collect venous blood specimens; products are available in various materials, with various stopper types, and anticoagulants.
Evacuated blood tubes are sealed, single-use, capped tubes used with suitable collection needles and tubing for the safe and sterile collection of blood samples from human or animal subjects. They are partially evacuated to facilitate blood draw when the collection needle punctures the cap. The closure caps may be color-coded, depending on the tube additives or specific purpose.
Evacuated blood tubes are typically made of plastics such as polypropylene or PET to minimize the risk of breakage, although glass evacuated blood tubes are also available. Available as plain, empty tubes, many are pre-loaded with additives or preservatives that stabilize the blood sample or contain gel separators to facilitate the separation of blood cells from serum or plasma.
Evacuated blood tubes are widely employed in hospital blood collection (phlebotomy) departments and in other clinical, veterinary, and research settings. Once filled, evacuated blood tubes can be securely stored or transported for subsequent analysis of serum, plasma, or whole blood by clinical chemistry, blood counts, or other tests.
Types of Evacuated Blood Collection Tubes
• Red top: plain tubes without additives; for serum samples
• Purple top: contain EDTA anticoagulant; for clinical hematology procedures
• Green top: contain heparin; for plasma samples
• Gray top: with added fluoride or oxalate; for glucose determinations
• Blue top: with sodium citrate; for coagulation testing
• Other additives and colored closures
BD Vacutainer™ Plastic Blood Collection Tubes - PST Plasma Separation Tubes: Hemogard™
Designed for plasma determinations in chemistry
BD Vacutainer™ Glass Blood Collection Tubes with Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD)
Evacuated glass blood collection tubes for blood banking studies, HLA phenotyping and DNA and paternity testing
Covidien Monoject™ Noncoated Tubes with Red Stoppers
No additive, nonsilicone coated tubes used for laboratory procedures
BD Vacutainer™ Plastic Blood Collection Tubes with Lithium Heparin: Hemogard™
Evacuated blood collection tubes for plasma determinations in chemistry
Greiner Bio-One VACUETTE™ CAT Serum Separator Clot Activator Blood Collection Tubes
VACUETTE™ CAT Serum Separator Clot Activator tubes are evacuated blood collection tubes used for serum determinations. They contain clot-activating micronized silica particles and a gel separator that, once centrifuged, forms a stable barrier separating the serum from fibrin and cells.
Greiner Bio-One VACUETTE™ Heparin Blood Collection Tubes
VACUETTE™ Heparin Blood Collection Tubes have a green top and contain spray-dried lithium, sodium or ammonium heparin on the inner walls and are usedin clinical chemistry, immunology and serology. The anticoagulant heparin activates antithrombin, which blocks the clotting cascade and thus produces a whole blood/plasma sample.
BD Vacutainer™ Plastic Blood Collection Tubes No Additives: Bulk Pack
Plastic tubes with no additives for venous blood and urine collection
Greiner Bio-One Blood Collection Tubes
Can be used for CSF determinations
Covidien Monoject™ with Red Stopper and No Additive
Silicone-coated tubes
BD Vacutainer™ Blood Collection Tube, Trace Element K2
Vacutainer™ Blood Collection Tube for collection and transport of blood samples.
BD Vacutainer™ Venous Blood Collection Tubes: Vacutainer Plus™ Plastic Serum Tubes, Silicone-Coated, with Hemogard™ Closure
Use for serum determinations in chemistry, serology and immunohematology
Greiner Bio-One Hematology K2 EDTA Evacuated Tubes
For routine immunohematology testing
Greiner Bio-One K2EDTA GelTubes
For plasma preparation in molecular diagnostics. Greiner Bio-One K2EDTA GelTubes is also used for detection of viruses, parasites and bacteria.
Greiner Bio-One Serum No Additive Tubes
With non-ridged pull caps
BD Vacutainer™ PPT™ Plasma Preparation Tubes
Convenient closed systems. BD Vacutainer™ PPT™ Plasma Preparation Tubes are sterile plastic blood collection tubes with a spray-dried anticoagulant and an inert separation gel. They are ideal for the collection, storage, and transport of undiluted plasma for molecular diagnostics testing.