Educational Services & Materials

Helping You Get the Most Value from Preanalytical Processes

When your facility selects BD Vacutainer® specimen collection products, it is getting more than just tools that are proven to provide clinical and economic benefits. Your institution also gains access to world-class technical support and educational services that can help derive maximum value and efficiency from hospital-wide sample collection and transport processes.

BD Global Technical Services is readily available to answer technical product questions and provide timely support in the clinical laboratory sciences. The BD staff is comprised of experienced, ASCP-certified medical technologists, who strive to help customers improve their quality and consistency of preanalytical process, as well as the accuracy and reproducibility of test results. Visit the Global Technical Services page for White Papers, Technical Bulletins and other product information.

Training and Educating Your Staff

BD recognizes the importance of continuous learning in today’s challenging healthcare environment. That is why we are committed to helping your institution achieve its educational goals and state-mandated requirements in a convenient, cost-efficient manner. Our comprehensive portfolio of training and educational tools and services includes:

• S.P.I.R.I.T.® (Safety Product In Service Resources Initiative Training) provides on-site healthcare workers training on BD Vacutainer safety-engineered products
• Web-based product training provides course-completion certificates to help you maintain training and compliance records
• P.A.C.E.® accredited webinars*
• ANCC accredited webinars**
• Comprehensive educational catalog with products made available through strategic alliances with leading professional associations, authors and publishers, as well as items created exclusively by BD.

Helping You Achieve Quality and Compliance

Given the proliferation of technology, instruments, analytes, reagents and methods, your laboratory professionals have a tremendous need for information to validate results and comply with CAP and CLSI recommendations.

* P.A.C.E. (Professional Acknowledgement for Continuing Education) is a registered trademark of American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science
** American Nurses Credentialing Center