The BD Vacutainer Tube EDTA are used to obtain whole blood or EDTA plasma samples and are available in a variety of sizes They can be easily identified by a lavender Hemogard safety closure cap Each evacuated sterile vacutainer contains an anticoagulant of K2 Potassium salt of EDTA (Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic acid) which is a liquid solution that has been spray coated onto This is why we sometimes observe clots in blood sample tubes As we mentioned above, the inside wall of a 'lavender top' tube is coated with EDTA which is an anticoagulant additive that prevents blood clot formation A common cause of clotted EDTA samples is improper mixing of sample tubes after collection For all the volunteers, their blood samples collected by the Greiner Na Hep tubes contain consistently lower levels of antimony compared to the sample collected by the BD EDTA tubes (P < , Wilcoxon test;
K3 Edta Blood Collection Tube
