Specimen Collection Resource Library

This brochure describes the BD Eswab collection and transport system for swab-based specimen collection and transport.

This brochure describes BD flocked swabs for swab-based specimen collection.

This brochure discusses the BD Microtainer^® plasma separator tube, featuring an amber reservoir with lithium heparin and the BD Microgard^™ closure for capillary blood collection.

This brochure describes our safety-engineered BD Microtainer^® contact-activated lancet, which is designed with a positive patient experience in mind.

This brochure describes the capillary blood collection products in our BD Microtainer^® portfolio.

This brochure examines the benefits a 350-bed hospital would gain from converting to the BD Microtainer^® MAP microtube.

This brochure describes the BD Microtainer^® MAP microtube and explains how it can help eliminate costly workarounds such as extenders, syringes and blank tubes for labels.

This brochure describes the BD Microtainer^® MAP microtube for automating laboratory processes.

This brochure examines the benefits a 185-bed hospital like St. Christopher's Hospital for Children would gain from converting to the BD Microtainer^® MAP microtube.

This brochure describes our BD Quickheel^™ infant safety lancet, which is designed for performing heel sticks on premature infants, newborns and babies.

This brochure describes BD universal viral transport systems for swab-based specimen collection and transport.

This brochure discusses best practice formulary and recommended BD Vacutainer^® products.

This brochure describes BD Vacutainer^® blood collection tubes, which are cleared by the U.S. FDA for routine blood donor screening, diagnostic serum testing for infectious disease and routine immunohematology testing.

This brochure descirbes the BD Vacutainer^® Eclipse^™ blood collection needle.

This brochure discusses our BD Vacutainer^® Luer-Lok^™ access device for sterile, secure and safe specimen sampling.

This brochure describes the plastic BD Vacutainer^® Plus citrate blood collection tube.

This brochure describes our comprehensive offering of BD Vacutainer Plus plastic K₂EDTA tubes with pink closures, which help easily differentiate hematology from blood bank specimens.

This brochure describes the BD Vacutainer^® Plus plastic UA preservative tube.

This brochure describes the BD Vacutainer^® Push Button Blood Collection Set with a preattached holder and how it helps guard against needlesticks.

This brochure describes the ED throughput applications of the BD Vacutainer^® rapid serum tube (RST) for blood collection.

This brochure describes the laboratory applications of the BD Vacutainer^® rapid serum tube (RST) for blood collection.

This brochure describes a patient profile for a woman receiving weekly chemotherapy and how the BD Vacutainer^® rapid serum tube (RST) for blood collection can improve the turnaround time for laboratory processing.

This brochure describes a patient profile for a female ED patient experiencing abdominal pains and how the BD Vacutainer^® rapid serum tube (RST) for blood collection can improve the turnaround time for laboratory processing.

This brochure describes a patient profile for a male ED patient experiencing chest pains and how the BD Vacutainer^® rapid serum tube (RST) for blood collection can improve the turnaround time for laboratory processing.

This brochure describes the BD Vacutainer^® Safety-Lok^™ blood collection set including its five-step safety shield activation.