A Solution for All of Our Customers
BD Barricor™ Tube provides value for plasma and serum users
Benefits vs plasma and serum tubes
- Reduces turn-around time:
- By up to 7 minutes for plasma and serum users (faster centrifugation)
- By up to 30 minutes for serum users (eliminates clotting time)
- Reduces time-to-result by up to 37 minutes
- Potential to reduce sample inspection and remediation
- Potential to reduce instrument maintenance
- Eliminates need to draw a second tube for hydrophobic TDMs
Specific benefits vs plasma tubes
- May reduce false positives (and retesting) with plasma on high-sensitivity immunoassays
- Extends analyte stability for plasma from 24 hours to 7 days (AST, potassium, phosphate)
Comparison Data of Chemistry Separation Tubes
Validated Across Analyzers and Analytes
BD Barricor™ Tube has been validated across most common analyzers and analytes.
BD is committed to helping our customers by providing analyte data and validation tools.
- Routine chemistry tests
- Immunochemistry tests
- Therapeutic drug monitoring
- Infectious disease (CE marked product only)
BD Barricor™ Performance vs. BD PST™
| Blood collection tube (g-force/time) | ||
| Attribute | BD PST™ (1300G/10 mins, 4.5 mL) |
BD Barricor™ (4000G/3 mins, 4.5 mL) |
| Centrifugation time | 10 min | 3 min |
| Gel globules | Episodic | None |
| Red cell adhesion occurence rate (RBC Hangup) | 69% | 3% |
| Diagnostic accuracy (average cell counts for mixed samples) | ||
| Residual White Cells1 | 0.768 x 103 cells/μL | 0.202 x 103 cells/μL - On average 74% fewer |
| Residual Red Cells1 | 0.0090 x 106 cells/μL | 0.0040 x 106 cells/μL - On average 56% fewer |
| Residual Platelets1 |
78.09 x 103 cells/μL | 36.62 x 103 cells/μL - On average 55% fewer |
| Chemistry stability2 |
Less than 7 days stability for: AST, K, Phosphate | 7 day stability for : AST, K, Phosphate |
| TDM stability3 |
No Claim | 7 day stability for representative TDMs including hydrophobic drugs |
| Infectious diseases | No | Yes (CE marked product only) |
| Plasma yield | 52% | 43% (0.4 mL less sample) |
AST: aspartate aminotransferase, K: potassium, TDM: therapeutic drug monitoring
14.5 mL BD PSTTM and BD BarriorTM Tubes
2Analyte stability tested at 24 hours room temperature and additional 6 days refrigerated (2-8°C)
3Analyte stability tested at 48 hours room temperature and additional 5 days refrigerated (2-8°C)
BD Barricor™ Performance vs. BD SST™
| Blood collection tube (g-force/time) | ||
| Attribute | BD SST™ (1300G/10 min, 5.0mL) |
BD Barricor™ (4000G/3 min, 4.5 mL) |
| Clotting time/compatible with anti-coagulated blood | 30 min | 0 min |
| Centrifugation time | 10 min | 3 min |
| Gel globules | Episodic | None |
| Fibrin masses | Risk when insufficiently clotted | Anticoagulated specimen - no fibrin mass |
| Chemistry stability1 |
7 day stability for many analytes | 7 day stability for most analytes including analytes sensitive to cellular contamination (AST, K, Phosphate) |
| TDM stability2 |
13+ analytes, not including hydrophobic drugs | 7 day stability for representative TDMs including hydrophobic drugs |
| Sample yield | 46% | 43% - (0.15 mL less sample vs serum in BD SST™ 4.5 mL) |
| Infectious diseases | Yes | Yes (CE marked product only) |
| Donor screening for infectious disease | Yes | Currently heparinized plasma is not used by blood banks for donor screening |
AST: aspartate aminotransferase, K: potassium, TDM: therapeutic drug monitoring
1Analyte stability tested at 24 hrs room temperature and additional 6 days refrigerated (2 - 8°C)
2Analyte stability tested at 48 hrs room temperature and additional 5 days refrigerated (2 - 8°C)
BD Barricor™ Performance vs. BD PST™ II
| Blood collection tube (g-force/time) | ||
| Attribute | BD PST™ II (1300G/10 mins 4.5 mL) | BD Barricor™ (4000G/3 mins, 4.5 mL) |
| Centrifugation time | 10 min | 3 min |
| Gel globules | Episodic | None |
| Red cell adhersion occurence rate (RBC Hangup) | 69% | 3% |
| Diagnostic accuracy (average cell counts for mixed samples) | ||
| Residual White Cells | 0.516 x 103 cells/μL | 0.194 x 103 cells/μL - On average 62% fewer |
| Residual Red Cells | 0.0064 x 106 cells/μL | 0.0036 x 106 cells/μL - On average 44% fewer |
| Residual Platelets | 71.01 x 103 cells/μL | 39.51 x 103 cells/μL On average 47% fewer |
| Chemistry stability1 |
Limited stability for analytes sensitive to cellular contamination | 7 day stability for analytes sensitive to cellular contamination (AST, K, Phosphate) |
| TDM stability2 |
7 day stability for most therapeutic drugs | 7 day stability for representative TDMs including hydrophobic drugs |
| Infectious diseases | No | Yes (CE marked product only) |
| Plasma yield | 52% | 0.4 mL plasma loss vs. 4.5 mL BD PST™ II |
AST: aspartate aminotransferase, K: potassium, TDM: therapeutic drug monitoring
1Analyte stability tested at 24 hrs room temperature and additional 6 days refrigerated (2 - 8°C)
2Analyte stability tested at 48 hrs room temperature and additional 5 days refrigerated (2 - 8°C)
BD Barricor™ Performance vs. BD SST™ II
| Blood collection tube (g-force/time) | ||
| Attribute | BD SST™ II (1300G/10 min, 5.0mL) |
BD Barricor™ (4000G/3 min, 4.5mL) |
| Clotting time/compatible with anti-coagulated blood | 30 min | 0 min |
| Centrifugation Time | 10 min | 3 min |
| Gel globules | Episodic | None |
| Fibrin masses | Risk when insufficiently clotted | Anti-coagulated specimen - no fibrin mass |
| Chemistry stability1 |
Many at 7 days | 7 day stability for most analytes including analytes sensitive to cellular contamination (AST, K, Phosphate) |
| TDM stability2 |
13+ analytes | 7 day stability for representative TDMs including hydrophobic drugs |
| Sample yield | — | 0.15 mL less plasma vs. serum in BD SST™ II (4.5 mL) |
| Infectious diseases | Yes | Yes (CE marked product only) |
| Donor screening for infectious disease | Yes | Currently plasma is not used by blood banks for donor screening |
AST: aspartate aminotransferase, K: potassium, TDM: therapeutic drug monitoring
1Analyte stability tested at 24 hrs room temperature and additional 6 days refrigerated (2 - 8°C)
2Analyte stability tested at 48 hrs room temperature and additional 5 days refrigerated (2 - 8°C)
