BD Hemograd

What is Hemograd?

Hemograd is the closure type introduced in the Vacutainers (Blood collection tubes) of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company). BD has named it’s innovative Tube closure as Hemograd.

Why Hemograd closure is beneficial than Conventional ones?

Hemograd prevents human contact with blood on the stopper or tube rim and effectively guards against blood splatter and splashing.

How BD Hemograd closure works?

BD Hemograd is a safety engineered closure and features an integrated shield. This integrated shield is primarily a rubber stopper is recessed inside the plastic shield. This prevents exposure to blood present on the stopper.

How BD Hemograd closure is mentioned in BD Catalogs?

BD Vacutainer® Hemogard™ Tube Closure
Conventional Tube Stopper

The above mentioned images are specified in the BD Vacutainers product specifications page. This will help in identifying which closure is used in the Vacutainers.

BD vacutainers catalog for US can be downloaded from their website