BD Vacutainer Blood Collection Tubes & Accessories

The BD Vacutainer system is the standard laboratory phlebotomists reach for when specimen integrity matters. Every tube in this collection uses a controlled vacuum draw to pull a precise fill volume, so your additive-to-blood ratio stays correct and your results stay defensible. If you're stocking a lab, clinic, or draw station, this is where color-coded closures translate directly into the tests you're running.

Closure color tells you the additive, and the additive tells you the assay. Our red-top glass tubes (366430, 10 mL, plain) contain no additive and serve serum work and blood banking. The green-top plastic tube (366667, 3 mL) carries lithium heparin for plasma chemistry. For specialized workflows, the blue-top CPT tube (362761) combines sodium citrate with a separator gel for mononuclear cell preparation and molecular diagnostics, while the gray-top C&S urinalysis tube (364951) uses a boric acid preservative to hold urine specimens stable during transport for culture and sensitivity.

Drawing the blood is only half the setup. We also carry the BD Vacutainer Luer-Lock Access Device (36490200) — a holder with a preattached multiple sample adapter — and the Multiple Sample Luer Adapter (367290), a sterile male slip-luer fitting that lets you fill Vacutainer tubes from an existing luer line or winged set without a second venipuncture.

A few practical notes buyers ask about: glass tubes suit serum separation and centrifugation-heavy protocols, while plastic tubes cut breakage risk and biohazard exposure. Always draw tubes in the correct order to prevent additive carryover, and check expiration dating, since the vacuum and additives degrade over time.

BD Vacutainer sits within our broader BD catalog. If your work extends into microbiology, explore BD BBL and BD Difco culture media alongside your specimen collection supplies.