- The Vaku-8 Blood Collection Tube system is use to collect blood directly into the tube during venipuncture and is a closed system. This is different from an open system wherein a syringe is used to collect blood and then the blood has to be transferred into test tubes.
- These blood collection vacuum tubes have a prefilled anticoagulant that prevents the blood from coagulating or clotting
- Vaku-8 blood collection tubes have a Bi-cap that is a butyl rubber stopper that seals the tube and is covered by a plastic cover to prevent laboratory personnel from coming into contact with the blood sample collected
- The Heparin tube is used for blood collection and anticoagulation for routine and emergency clinical biochemistry tests. It also finds some applications in blood rheology
- It is coated with Lithium Heparin and is also available in the Sodium Heparin coated variant
- The colour of the tube cap is Green
- It is available in capacity of 1 ml/ 2 ml/ 3 ml/ 4 ml/ 5 ml & 6 ml
- These products are manufactured on demand and the delivery lead time is 30 days