PET vs Glass Vacuum Blood Collection Tubes: Breakage Resistance, Clotting Time & Shipping Economics
In clinical phlebotomy and high-throughput central diagnostic laboratories, the choice of substrate material for evacuated blood collection tubes directly impacts specimen integrity, biohazard containment, and international supply chain economics. For decades, soda-lime silicate glass was the universal standard due to its absolute gas impermeability and naturally thrombogenic surface. However, catastrophic occupational exposure from shattered glass tubes during centrifugation prompted a [...]