LabNotes - Volume 13, No.2, Spring 2003

Did You Know...

All plastic blood collection tubes need to be stored at the proper temperatures to ensure that they function properly. BD recommends that storage temperatures for all BD Vacutainer® Blood Collection Tubes not exceed 25°C or 77°F. If plastic tubes reach higher temperatures, as they might if they were stored in the trunk or on the dashboard of a car, the tubes may lose their vacuum or implode.