Hi Dave,

A few hours and three large mugs of coffee later, I managed to
unearth our supplier's details for B&D Vacutainers.

> I am looking for UK suppliers of  Labco 'Exetainers' and BD
> 'Vacutainers'  - can anyone help?

You can purchase Becton & Dickinson Vacutainers from Hospital
& Management Supplies Phone 0141 810 5588..

The tubes used to come in two sizes, 15 & 20 ml. The latter have
been discontinued but you can still get 15 ml tubes, part no.
368432, at £9.00 per 100.

Please, be aware that B&D vacutainers aren't known as needle
killers for nothing. Their stoppers are massive and do not prolong
the life expectancy of gas needles. So, if your are thinking to use
these containers in a, say, Gilson autosampler you are better off
using Labco exetainers.

Another word of caution, do not rely on the state of vacuum in any
of these tubes. If you need to use reliably (and reproducably)
evacuated sample / sampling tubes, do it yourself.


Best wishes,

                        Wolfram




Dr. W. Meier-Augenstein, CChem MRSC
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