All about Vacutainer blood collection tubes
by Dynamix Group WriterThanks to blood
donation awareness campaigns and drives, people are getting aware of the
importance of donating blood and many of us are participating in blood donation
campaigns. During the process of blood donation, doctors and nurses use a blood
collection test tube. The test tube used should be of high quality and should
have safety standards to make sure blood collected from the donor’s body is
safe and is free from all kinds of infections. It takes about 24 hours for the
plasma in our blood to restore completely after donating blood. Also, the
complete replacement of red blood cells after blood donation takes about 4-6
weeks. These are a few of the reasons why doctors suggest the gap of at least
eight weeks between blood donations.
Vacutainer tubes-
Vacutainer blood
collection tube is one of the most common tubes used during blood donation.
These blood collection tubes are test tubes which are simply the sterile pieces
of plastic. Vacutainer blood collection tube comes with a rubber stopper that
has color. This rubber stopper permits the collection of the exact amount of
blood required for collection. To bind the calcium of the blood collected and
prevent the blood from clotting, the vacutainer tubes contain a chemical called
EDTA or Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.
Properly check the expiry date of Vacutainer tube-
The needle inside
the vacuum blood collection tube
punctures the cap of the tube when it is inserted in the holder. The Vacuum
present in the tube aids in pulling out the blood while the needle helps in
pushing that blood inside the tube. We should keep in our notice that the
vacutainer tubes expire because the tube loses its vacuum with time. Due to
which the blood is not pushed inside the tube when the needle creates a
puncture in the cap.
Proper disposal of Vacutainer Tube-
The vacutainer
tubes should be disposed of off properly once the blood has been drawn out of
the tube. Before using the Vacutainer tube one should always check the date of
expiration of the tube and if the tube has passed the date of expiration it
should be disposed of right away. The vacuum of the expired vacutainer tube
cannot draw the required amount of blood that the tube needs to collect.
Other than
Vacutainer tubes, Syringes are a medical tool which comes very handy for
diagnosing patients. Syringes come in various types, one of them which is used
by doctors on a regular basis is Tuberculin
Syringe. These syringes come with fine needles and can hold one-half cubic
to one cubic centimeter of fluid. These syringes are commonly used to perform a
tuberculosis test called PPD. Disposable
syringes are also used commonly by doctors. These syringes are piston
pump-based and are used to inject drugs into the bloodstream or to draw out
blood samples from the patient’s body.
One can easily get
all of these medical tools at the Smart Medical Buyer online store. Smart
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