Preanalytics: Sample material/Shipping material

(1) EDTA tube * On special request, small test tubes (see each of the tubes shown on the right) are provided for collecting small amounts of EDTA blood, EDTA plasma, heparin blood, heparin plasma, citrate blood, citrate plasma and serum, e. g. from small mammals. If required, please order these small test tubes by e-mail or telephone only.
At your express request (information by telephone or e-mail), we can also send you vacuum tubes for the examination of blood

EB = EDTA blood: It can be shipped in this tube (+ No. 8).
EP = EDTA plasma: EDTA blood has to be centrifuged and the supernatant needs to be transferred into a neutral tube (e. g. Eppendorf tube). It must then be marked accordingly as EP or labelled with the appropriate bar code.

(2) Heparin tube * On special request, small test tubes (see each of the tubes shown on the left) are provided for collecting small amounts of EDTA blood, EDTA plasma, heparin blood, heparin plasma, citrate blood, citrate plasma and serum, e. g. from small mammals. If required, please order these small test tubes by e-mail or telephone only.At your express request (information by telephone or e-mail), we can also send you vacuum tubes for the examination of blood

HB = Heparin blood: It can be shipped in this tube (+ No. 8).
HP =  Heparin plasma: Heparin blood has to be centrifuged and the supernatant needs to be transferred into a neutral tube (e. g. Eppendorf tube). It must then be marked accordingly as HP

(3) NaFB = Sodium fluoride blood

With NaFB samples, too, please pay attention to the labelling.

(4) S = Serum *On special request, small test tubes (see each of the tubes shown on the left) are provided for collecting small amounts of EDTA blood, EDTA plasma, heparin blood, heparin plasma, citrate blood, citrate plasma and serum, e. g. from small mammals. If required, please order these small test tubes by e-mail or telephone only.At your express request (information by telephone or e-mail), we can also send you vacuum tubes for the examination of blood

To collect serum, the coagulated blood should be centrifuged at 2000 g 30 minutes after being collected. The supernatant should then be transferred into a neutral tube or another serum tube (remove beads before!) and marked accordingly as serum or labelled with the appropriate bar code.

(5) Citrate tube * On special request, small test tubes (see each of the tubes shown on the left) are provided for collecting small amounts of EDTA blood, EDTA plasma, heparin blood, heparin plasma, citrate blood, citrate plasma and serum, e. g. from small mammals. If required, please order these small test tubes by e-mail or telephone only.At your express request (information by telephone or e-mail), we can also send you vacuum tubes for the examination of blood

CB = Citrate blood: It can be shipped in this tube (+ No. 8).
CP = Citrate plasma: The sample should be centrifuged and the supernatant needs to be transferred into a neutral tube (e. g. Eppendorf tube). It must then be marked accordingly as CP.

(6) Salivette®

For the collection of saliva samples.

(7) Blood smear

Blood smears should always be sent in air-dried, unfixed and unstained. For transportation, the depicted transport covers (shipping containers) are suitable. Before transport, store at room temperature (25 °C) (may not be cooled).

(8) Shipping containers for blood tubes or urine tubes

(9) TM = Swab with transport medium

(orange: thin swab, Amies medium clear
black: thick swab, Amies with charcoal)

(10) A = Swab without transport medium (dry swab)

(11) Shipping container for swabs with/without medium

(12) Urine tube

(suitable shipping container see No. 8)

(13) Containers for histology (formalin including shipping container)

(14) Faeces tube including shipping container

(15) Blood culture flask set (aerobic and anerobic)

(16) Blood culture bottle Peds Plus®