Designed for Your Safety Reflects change in CLSI recommended Order of Draw (H3-A5, Vol 23, No 32, 8.10.2)
Closure Color Collection Tube Mix by Inverting
BD Vacutainer Blood Collection Tubes (glass or plastic) ®
• Blood Cultures - SPS 8 to 10 times
* When using a winged
blood collection set • Citrate Tube* 3 to 4 times for venipuncture and a coagulation or • BD Vacutainer SST ® ™ 5 times (citrate) tube is the Gel Separator Tube first specimen tube to • Serum Tube 5 times (plastic) be drawn, a discard (glass or plastic) none (glass) tube should be drawn • BD Vacutainer Rapid ®
first. The discard tube 5 to 6 times
Serum Tube (RST) must be used to fill the blood collection or • BD Vacutainer PST ® ™ 8 to 10 times set tubing’s “dead Gel Separator Tube space” with blood With Heparin but the discard tube • Heparin Tube 8 to 10 times does not need to be completely filled. This important step will or • EDTA Tube 8 to 10 times ensure proper blood- • BD Vacutainer PPT ™ ®
to-additive ratio. The 8 to 10 times
discard tube should Separator Tube K2EDTA with Gel be a nonadditive or coagulation tube. • Fluoride (glucose) Tube 8 to 10 times