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Last Updated on: September 23, 2020

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DOCUMENT#	RELEASED AS OF	WHITE PAPER TITLE
VS9391-1	10/11/2018	Evaluation of BD Microtainer® Blood Collection Tubes with an Alternate Amber Colorant for Selected Chemistry Analytes (September 2018)
VS9381	02/14/2019	Evaluation of Draw Volume, Fill Time and Fill Rate for BD BACTEC™ Blood Culture Bottles Using the BD Vacutainer® UltraTouch™ Push Button Blood Collection Set Compared to the BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection (January 2019)
VS9248	02/19/2016	Comparison of Penetration Force for the BD Vacutainer® UltraTouch™ Push Button Blood Collection Set with PentaPoint™ Comfort Bevel and RightGauge™ Cannula to the Current BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set with Thin Wall 3-Bevel Cannula (February 2016)
VS9249	02/19/2016	Evaluation of Tube Fill Time of the BD Vacutainer® UltraTouch™ Push Button Blood Collection Set with PentaPoint™ Comfort Bevel and RightGauge™ Cannula as Compared with the Current BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set with Thin Wall 3-Bevel Cannula (February 2016)
VS9250	02/19/2016	Performance Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® UltraTouch™ Push Button Blood Collection Set and Comparison with the Current BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set for Visual and Analytical Indicators of Hemolysis (February 2016)

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VS5343	09/23/2020	MICROTAINER® Brand K2EDTA Tubes Catalog #365974: Evaluation for Lead Using Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (GFAAS) (March 1998)
VS5403	09/23/2020	Evaluation of VACUTAINER® Brand 8mL PLUS Conical tubes for Urinalysis on the Bayer Clinitek® Atlas® and for Microscopic Sediment Analysis Using the KOVA® System (April 1999)
VS5763-1	09/23/2020	BD Microtainer® No-Additive Tubes with BD Microgard™ Closure: Comparison with BD Microtainer® No-Additive Tubes with FloTop Collector for Visual Observations and Chemistry Analytes (August 2003)
VS5943	09/23/2020	Evaluation of the 16x100 mm BD Vacutainer™ Plastic Conical Tubes with A Urinalysis Preservative for Urine Chemistry Analytes on the Johnson&Johnson Vitros® 250 and Roche Cobas Integra® 700 (January 2002)
VS5286-1	08/10/2020	Comparison of BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes with BD Vacutainer® SST™ PLUS Plastic Tubes for Six Analytes by Radioimmunoassay (July 2003)
VS5404	08/10/2020	Evaluation of VACUTAINER® Brand 10 mL PLUS Round Bottom Tubes for Urinalysis on the Bayer Clinitek® Atlas (April 1999)
VS5875	08/10/2020	Comparison of the BD Microtainer™ Sodium Fluoride/Na2EDTA Tubes with BD Microgard™ Closure and the BD Microtainer™ SST™ Tubes with FloTop Collector for Glucose Determinations (March 2001)
VS5936-1	08/10/2020	Evaluation of 0.109M 2.7mL and 1.8mL BD Vacutainer™ Plus Plastic Sodium Citrate Tubes Using the Electra 1400C™ Analyzer (April 2002)
VS5966-1	08/10/2020	Evaluation of 0.109M BD Vacutainer™ Plus Plastic and 0.105M BD Vacutainer™ Glass Sodium Citrate Tubes for PT and APTT Using the Sysmex® CA-1500 Analyzer (June 2002)
VS5968-1	08/10/2020	Evaluation of 0.109M BD Vacutainer™ Plus Plastic and 0.105M BD Vacutainer™ Glass Sodium Citrate Tubes for PT, APTT and Heparin Anti-Xa Using the IL Electra 1400C™ and Diagnostica Stago® STA (June 2002)
VS5969-1	08/10/2020	Evaluation of 0.109M BD Vacutainer™ Plus Plastic and 0.105M BD Vacutainer™ Glass Sodium Citrate Tubes for Prothrombin Fragment 1.2 Levels (June 2002)
VS5971-1	08/10/2020	Evaluation of 0.109M BD Vacutainer™ Plus Plastic and 0.105M BD Vacutainer™ Glass Sodium Citrate Tubes For PT, APTT and Fibrinogen Using the Dade® Behring BCS™ and Diagnostica Stago STA® (June 2002)
VS7332	08/10/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes and Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes in Various Configurations with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Cortisol, Total T3, Total T4, and TSH on the Bayer Advia Centaur® Analyzer (January 2005)
VS7339	08/10/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Tubes for Lactate Dehydrogenase and Potassium as Indicators of Hemolysis on the OCD VITROS® 250 Analyzer (February 2005)
VS9102	08/10/2020	Evaluation of BD Vacutainer^® Urinalysis Preservative Tube for Routine Urinalysis and Particle Counting using the Beckman Coulter iQ^® 200 ELITE^™ and iChem^® VELOCITY^™ (August 2016)
VS5903	07/29/2020	BD Vacutainer™ PLUS Sodium Fluoride/EDTA Tubes: Evaluation of Clotting, Hemolysis and Glucose at Initial Time of Collection and After 24 Hour Storage at 4°C When Compared to BD Vacutainer™ Glass Sodium Fluoride/EDTA Tubes (June 2001)
VS7336	07/29/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes and Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes in Various Configurations with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Cortisol, Total T3, Total T4, and TSH on the DPC Immulite® 1000 Analyzer (January 2005)
VS7342	07/29/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes with Double Gel to BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Total T3 on the DPC Immulite® 1000 Analyzer (February 2005)
VS7344	07/29/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® Serum Plus Tubes to BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Total T3 on the DPC Immulite® 1000 Analyzer (January 2005)
VS7353	07/29/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Microtainer® Serum Tubes and Adjusted BD Microtainer® SST™ Tubes with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Total T3 on the DPC Immulite® 1000 Analyzer and TSH on the Abbott AxSYM® Analyzer (March 2005)
VS5247	07/06/2020	VACUTAINER® Brand PLUS Sodium Heparin Tubes: Comparison with Glass Sodium Heparin Tubes for Visual Performance and Chemistry Analytes (March 1996)
VS5288-1	07/06/2020	Comparison of BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes with BD Vacutainer® SST™ PLUS Plastic Tubes for Six Analytes by Nephelometry (July 2003)
VS5344	07/06/2020	MICROTAINER® Brand K₂EDTA Tubes Catalog #365974: Evaluation for Lead Using Anodic Stripping Voltometry (ASV) (March 1998)
VS7119	07/06/2020	Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® 0.109M 2.7mL PLUS Plastic Sodium Citrate Tubes Using the Diagnostica Stago STA® Hemostasis Analyzer (July 2003)
VS7248	07/06/2020	A Comparative Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes with BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes for Select Cardiac Markers (July 2004)
VS7335	07/06/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes and Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes in Various Configurations with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Cortisol, Total T3, Total T4, and TSH On the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) VITROS® Eci Analyzer (March 2005)
VS7354	07/06/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes and Two Lots of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes (Double Gel) with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for BR CA 27.29, FSH, Total T3, TSH, and Vitamin B12 on the Bayer ADVIA Centaur® Analyzer (September 2005)
VS7481	07/06/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes and Two Lots of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes (Double Gel) with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Lactate Dehydrogenase and Potassium as Indicators of Hemolysis on the Olympus® AU5200 Analyzer (September 2005)
VS5289-1	05/19/2020	Comparison of BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes with BD Vacutainer® SST™ PLUS Plastic Tubes for Eight Analytes by Spectrophotometry (July 2003)
VS5391	05/19/2020	Evaluation of Sample Quality and Analytic Results Between Specimens Collected in BD Vacutainer™ Tubes and Current Syringe Collections (April 2001)
VS7334	05/19/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes and Adjusted BD Vacutainer SST™ Plus Tubes in Various Configurations with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Cortisol, Folate, Total T3, Total T4, TSH and Vitamin B12 on the Roche Elecsys® 2010 Analyzer (April 2005)
VS7337	05/19/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes and Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes in Various Configurations with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Cortisol, Total T3, Total T4, and TSH on the Abbott AxSYM® Analyzer (January 2005)
VS7363	5/19/2020	A Comparison of Adjusted BD Vacutainer® Serum Plus Tubes and Adjusted BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Routine Chemistry Analytes on the Olympus® AU5200 Analyzer (April 2005)
VS7366	05/19/2020	A Comparison of Various Adjusted BD Vacutainer® Tubes for Lactate Dehydrogenase and Potassium as Indicators of Hemolysis on the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) VITROS® 250 Analyzer (April 2005)
VS5865	04/24/2020	BD Microtainer™ Amber Serum Separator Tubes (SST™) with Microgard™ Closure: Comparison with BD Microtainer™ Amber SST™ with FloTop Collector for Visual Hemolysis and Total Bilirubin (February 2001)
VS5904	04/24/2020	BD Vacutainer™ PLUS Sodium Fluoride/EDTA Tubes: Evaluation of Clotting, Hemolysis and Glucose at Initial Time of Collection and After 24 Hour Storage at Room Temperature When Compared to Glass Sodium Fluoride/Potassium Oxalate Tubes (June 2001)
VS5967-1	04/24/2020	Evaluation of 0.109M BD Vacutainer™ Plus Plastic and 0.105M BD Vacutainer™ Glass Sodium Citrate Tubes for PT and APTT Using the IL ACL Futura™ Analyzer (June 2002)
VS5970-1	04/24/2020	Evaluation of 0.109M BD Vacutainer™ Plus Plastic and 0.105M BD Vacutainer™ Glass Sodium Citrate Tubes for Platelet Counts Using the Beckman Coulter® STKS Analyzer and Sysmex® K1000 (June 2002)
VS7120	04/24/2020	Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® 0.109M 1.8mL PLUS Plastic Sodium Citrate Tubes Using the Diagnostica Stago STA® Hemostasis Analyzer (July 2003)
VS7174	04/24/2020	Comparison of BD Vacutainer® Lithium Heparin Plus Tubes with BD Vacutainer® Lithium Heparin Glass Tubes for Routine Chemistry Analytes (July 2004)
VS7593	04/24/2020	A Comparison of BD Vacutainer® Serum Plus Tubes with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Ischemia Modified Albumin (IMA®) (July 2006)
VS5285-1	04/04/2020	Comparison of BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes with BD Vacutainer® SST™ PLUS Plastic Tubes for Eight Analytes by Enzyme Immunoassay (July 2003)
VS5394-1	04/04/2020	BD Vacutainer® SST™ and PST™ PLUS Plastic Tubes: Evaluation of Freezing the Samples in the Tubes for Select Chemistry Analytes (July 2003)
VS5402	04/04/2020	Evaluation of VACUTAINER® Brand 8mL PLUS Conical tubes for Urinalysis and Microscopic Urine Analysis on the IRIS 900 UDx (November 2001)
VS5408	04/04/2020	Comparison of BD Vacutainer™ 0.105M Sodium Citrate 2.7mL and 1.8mL Pediatric Tubes with 4.5mL Conventional Stopper Tubes (Reorder #366415) (December 1999)
VS5454-1	04/04/2020	BD Microtainer® Lithium Heparin Tubes with BD Microgard™ Closure: Comparison with BD Microtainer® Lithium Heparin Tubes with FloTop Collector for Visual Observations and Chemistry Analytes (August 2003)
VS5771	04/04/2020	Evaluation of 16 x 100 mm BD Vacutainer Plus Conical Tubes with a Urinalysis Preservative for Urine Chemistry and Microscopic Analysis on the IRIS® 900 UDx (September 2001)
VS5814-2	04/04/2020	Comparison of BD Vacutainer® K₂EDTA Plus Tubes to BD Vacutainer® K₃EDTA Glass Tubes for Routine Immunohematology Tests (May 2004)
VS5850	04/04/2020	Evaluation of Direct Draw Blood Collection Through Peripheral Catheters (February 2001)
VS7029	04/04/2020	Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus Tubes Compared to BD Vacutainer® SST™ Glass Tubes for Routine Chemistry Analytes (May 2004)
VS7032	04/04/2020	Evaluation of BD Vacutainer™ PST™ Plus Plastic Tubes Compared with BD Vacutainer™ PST™ Glass Tubes for Routine Chemistry Analytes (April 2003)
VS7250	04/04/2020	A Comparative Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® Lithium Heparin Plus Tubes with BD Vacutainer® Lithium Heparin Glass Tubes for Select Cardiac Markers (July 2004)
VS7608-1	04/04/2020	Verification of BD Vacutainer® Lithium Heparin Plus Tubes and BD Vacutainer® PST™ Plus Tubes for the Functional (Anticoagulation) and Clinical Performance of Select Chemistry Analytes (August 2008)
VS8129	04/04/2020	Evaluation of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube with BD Hemogard™ Closure for Cardiac Markers on the Beckman Coulter Access®, Roche Modular, and Siemens Dimension® RxL (July 2010)
VS5419-1	02/20/2020	Summary Report of a Comparison of BD Vacutainer™ Plain Serum Tubes (Glass versus PLUS Plastic) for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (June 2003)
VS5420-1	02/20/2020	Comparison of BD Vacutainer™ Serum, SST™ and PST™ Tubes for Common Chemistry Analytes (May 2002)
VS5892	02/20/2020	Evaluation of 16x100 mm BD Vacutainer™ PLUS Plastic Conical Tubes With A Urinalysis Preservative For Pregnancy Tests Using the ICON II HCG Kit (July 2001)
VS5918	02/20/2020	BD Vacutainer™ PLUS Sodium Fluoride/Potassium Oxalate Tubes: Evaluation of Clotting, Hemolysis and Glucose at Initial Time of Collection and After 4 and 24 Hours Storage at Room Temperature When Compared to Glass Sodium Fluoride/Potassium Oxalate (June 2001)
VS7049-1	02/20/2020	Therapeutic Drug Compatibility in BD Vacutainer® SST™ PLUS Plastic Tubes (October 2003)
VS7098	02/20/2020	Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® Urine Culture & Sensitivity Preservative PLUS Plastic Tube vs. BD Vacutainer® Urine Culture & Sensitivity Preservative Glass Tube for Microbiological Testing - Patient Urine (August 2003)
VS7246	02/20/2020	Comparison of BD Vacutainer® PST™ Plus Tubes with BD Vacutainer® PST™ Glass Tubes for Routine Chemistry Analytes (November 2004)
VS7251	02/20/2020	A Comparative Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® PST™ Plus Tubes with BD Vacutainer® PST™ Glass Tubes for Select Cardiac Markers (July 2004)
VS7253	02/20/2020	A Comparative Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® Serum Plus Tubes with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Select Cardiac Markers (July 2004)
VS7610	02/20/2020	Evaluation of Sample Quality from BD Vacutainer® SST™ Plus and PST™ Plus Tubes Using IRIS StatSpin® Express Centrifuges (December 2008)
VS7598	06/08/2011	Evaluation of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube for Cardiac Markers on the Beckman Coulter Access® 2 and Abbott AxSYM® (September 2009)
VS7599	06/08/2011	Evaluation of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube for Routine Chemistry Analytes on the Roche Modular (September 2009)
VS7600	06/08/2011	Comparison of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube with the BD Vacutainer® PST™ Tube for Cardiac Markers on the Beckman Coulter Access® 2, Abbott AxSYM® and Roche Elecsys® 1010 (January 2010)
VS7601	06/08/2011	Evaluation of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube for Routine Chemistry Analytes on the Roche COBAS Integra® 800 (September 2009)
VS7602	06/08/2011	Evaluation of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube for Special Chemistry Analytes on the Beckman Coulter Access® 2 and DPC Immulite® 1000 (September 2009)
VS7617	06/08/2011	Evaluation of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube for Routine Chemistry Analytes on the Olympus®AU5200™/AU5400™ (September 2009)
VS7618	06/08/2011	Evaluation of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube for Selected Routine Chemistry and Immunology Analytes on the Ortho Clinical Diagnostics VITROS® 5,1 FS (September 2009)
VS8107	06/08/2011	Comparison of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube with the BD Vacutainer® PST™ Tube for Selected Routine Chemistry Analytes on the Roche COBAS Integra® 800 and the Olympus® AU5200™/AU5400™ (December 2009)
VS8108	06/08/2011	Evaluation of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube for Female Hormones on the Beckman Coulter Access® 2 and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics VITROS® ECi (October 2009)
VS8109	06/08/2011	Comparison of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube with the BD Vacutainer® PST™ Tube for Female Hormones on the Beckman Coulter Access® 2 and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics VITROS® ECi (February 2010)
VS8110	06/08/2011	Evaluation of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube for Special Chemistry Analytes on the Bayer ADVIA Centaur® (March 2010)
VS8112	06/08/2011	Comparison of the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube with the BD Vacutainer® PST™ Tube for Special Chemistry Analytes on the Beckman Coulter Access® 2 and Bayer ADVIA Centaur® (April 2010)
VS8115	06/08/2011	Performance of BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tubes Over a Range of Centrifugation G-Force (January 2010)
VS5277	06/26/2008	Vacutainer® Brand PLUS SST® Tubes Produced with Reduced Silicone Surfactant Levels: Evaluation of the Process Change on Common Chemistry Analytes (September 1996)
VS5282-1	06/26/2008	Evaluation of BD Vacutainer® PLUS Plastic Tubes and Selected Competitive Tubes for Lithium, Sodium and Potassium on the Dade LYTENING™ Analyzer (July 2003)
VS7343	06/26/2008	A Comparison of Adjusted Partial Draw BD Vacutainer® SST™ Tubes and Adjusted Partial Draw BD Vacutainer® Serum Plus Tubes with BD Vacutainer® Serum Glass Tubes for Total T3 on the DPC Immulite® 1000 Analyzer and TSH on the Abbott AxSYM® Analyzer (February 2005)
VS5243	09/03/2008	Evaluation of VACUTAINER® Brand PLUS SST® Tubes for Thyroid Tests: Tri-iodothyronine Uptake (T3U), Thyroxine (T4), Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) (January 1996)