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BD Vacutainer Label
Phlebotomy Procedures
Numerical Order | Procedure |
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1 Label Alignment | Help to improve your lab's efficiency. Misaligned secondary labelling means extra work and less efficiency in the lab. |
2 Label Alignment | To help minimize this error, all BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Tubes have been restyled to include a visual guide for proper placement of secondary labels |
3 Steps to Properly Align Secondary Labels | Using the colored sidebar as your guide, position the secondary label on the tube, leaving the colored sidebar exposed. |
4 Steps to Properly Align Secondary Labels | Smoothly wrap the secondary label around the tube, leaving a clear window to the sample. |
5 Benefits of Proper Secondary Label Alignment | Sample visibility |
6 Benefits of Proper Secondary Label Alignment | Ability to know the tube type if the closure is removed |
7 Benefits of Proper Secondary Label Alignment | Easy to see fill indicator |
8 Benefits of Proper Secondary Label Alignment | Consistent bar code location, creating instrument-readable labels |
9 Provides visual guide for proper placement of secondary labelling | Color-coded sidebar |
10 Provides visual guide for proper placement of secondary labelling | Color-coded notch |
11 Provides visual guide for proper placement of secondary labelling | Nominal fill indicator |
12 Provides visual guide for proper placement of secondary labelling | Tube type and additive concentration (it applicable) |
13 Provides visual guide for proper placement of secondary labelling | BD reference number |
14 Provides visual guide for proper placement of secondary labelling | BD sterile symbol |
15 Provides visual guide for proper placement of secondary labelling | BD lot# & expiration date |
16 Provides visual guide for proper placement of secondary labelling | Draw volume |