In the laboratory: Equipment

Multiple draw needles

  • Multiple draw needles are used with vacuum collection tubes.
  • They allow the collection of blood into multiple vacuum collection tubes during a single venipuncture.
  • They have a retractable sheath over the portion of the needle that penetrates the blood tube.

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