CE for BD blood separation technology
Becton, Dickinson has obtained the CE mark in for a next-generation blood separation technology that is designed to enhance sample quality, improve laboratory efficiency, and reduce laboratory turnaround time.
The BD Vacutainer Barricor tube is a single-use, plastic evacuated tube used to collect, separate, transport, and process venous blood specimens to obtain high-quality plasma for in vitro diagnostic use. The tubes are optimized to deliver a high-quality plasma sample by reducing cellular content (vs. plasma gel tubes), as a result of the mechanical separator remaining open throughout the centrifugation cycle. It is designed to eliminate gel artifacts that can lead to instrument downtime.
With no clotting time required, the BD tube can cut centrifugation time by up to seven minutes and reduce overall turnaround time by as much as 37 minutes, BD said.
“Laboratory technicians are forced to choose between a clean sample with serum and a fast sample with plasma,” Lisa Nibauer, BD Life Sciences’ vice president and general manager of global marketing. “BD Barricor tubes eliminate this tradeoff, providing a cleaner and faster plasma sample than current methods.”