Safety products in this category are used to collect blood. Currently, to type or cross match blood samples, a technologist removes a flexible segment of tubing filled with blood from a blood bag, cuts through the tubing with scissors, and squeezes the sample into a glass test tube. This often results in blood spraying onto the lab counter and the technician and unnecessarily exposes the technician to potential sharps injuries. Improper cleaning of the scissors between cuttings can also cause contamination of blood samples. A number of safety products are available that will protect both technician and blood samples.
Tube Segment Opener
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Safety Features and Benefits:
The process of cutting segments with scissors puts healthcare workers at risk for exposure to bloodborne pathogens. The Sarstedt Tube Segment Opener helps to minimize the risk of exposure, as well as the potential for cross-contamination between segments.
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Tube Segment Opener
Sarstedt’s Tube Segment Opener provides safe and easy access to blood bag tube segments. The device helps to minimize the risk of cross-contamination between samples. Options are available for both 10mm and 12mm diameter tubes, as well as a pre-assembled 12mm version. Insert a Tube Segment Opener into a labeled test tube. Insert the tube segment into the opener at a slight angle and push in. To dispense a small volume of blood, squeeze the end of the tube once. To empty the segment, fold the tube and squeeze it. For typing systems that require pipetting of micro sample volumes, invert the device and insert the tube segment from underneath. Squeeze the segment until the opener’s reservoir is filled. Pipette the required quantity.
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