Specimen Containers And Their Uses

Fluids are typically collected for testing at in house or outside facilities such as a third party hospital test site or a sterile testing room.

Specimen containers and their uses.

Ppco offers a higher temperature range while maintaining good impact strength. Plastic polystyrene or polypropylene con tainers of variable size are suitable for urine faeces pus blood etc. Specimen storage to increase the sensitivity of diagnostic testing all specimens should be stored frozen optimally at 70oc and shipped on dry ice with the exception of fixed tissues and specimens collected in a glass tube whole blood whole blood edta whole blood heparin serum separating tubes cpt tubes etc. Collection of serum for chemical or serological and bacteriologic studies.

4 5oz specimen container economical for basic use with easy to read graduations marked in 10ml and 1 2 oz. Specimen container types most commonly used blood collection tubes stopper color volume contents and function red rt sterile no anticoagulant or additives. If specimen transport is delayed refrigerate after inoculation. Specimen collection containers consist of any number shape and size of container for collecting urine stool mucus or other type of bodily fluids.

Containers are made from ppco a copolymer of polypropylene and hdpe. The primary container should be screwed tight and placed in a plastic bag every effort should be made to avoid external contamination of specimen containers during collection. Supplied for transporting small histopathology specimens. Use the swab provided to collect the specimen and inoculate the transport medium.

Rectangular 3 x1 glass slide with frosted end. The list below lists the most commonly used blood collection tubes their additives and uses in laboratory. Recently disposable plastic specimen containers have become available from various manu facturers. The red bottle is less common it is used for biochemistry tests requiring serum which might be adversely affected by the separator gel used in the yellow bottle.

Increments up to 120ml. May be used for any procedure requiring serum except hla antibody tests. Special red rt 7 ml contains. Specimen containers our specimen containers are ideal for the collection and transport of patient samples including urine and sputum and also for use with formalin and fixative fills.

Chlamydia culture transport medium. Specimen containers with lids with a unique design these containers simplify and standardize the storage of specimens. The specimen of choice is secretions collected from the posterior nasopharynx. Please write patient s name on the frosted end of slide in pencil.

Clean container 50ml half filled with formalin. All disposable containers should be de stroyed in a furnace after use.