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Specimen Tube

Test Tube · Cord Blood Tube · CSF Specimen Tube · Culture Tube · Culture Transport Tube

A small capped tube, usually clear plastic with a label area, that holds a fluid sample for the lab. Culture transport tubes are different: they hold one or two sterile swabs and a transport medium.

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  • What it’s for

    Sends fluid samples from the field to the lab: cord blood after a cesarean birthsih-ZAIR-ee-un berthBirth of a baby through surgical cuts in the belly and the uterus.Full entry , cerebrospinal fluidser-uh-broh-SPY-nul FLOO-idThe clear, watery fluid that bathes and cushions the brain and spinal cord.cerebr/o brainspin spine-al relating toFull entry during a shuntSHUNTA passage that moves blood or other fluid from one place to another, either made by a surgeon or present in the body.Full entry case, and wound or fluid cultures (aerobic and anaerobic) when infection is suspected, for example in a strangulated herniaHER-nee-uhA bulge of an organ or tissue through a weak spot in the muscle or tissue wall that normally holds it in.Full entry .

  • Lengths and variants

    Plain sterile tubes and blood collection tubes in several sizes and cap colors; aerobic and anaerobic culture transport tubes, each with its own transport medium.

  • What experienced techs know

    What techs who reach for it every day know about it.Pro

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2 sources
  1. Fuller. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 19 (Surgical Skills II: Intraoperative and Immediate Postoperative Period), p. 401
  2. Goldman. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 18 (Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery), p. 351

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