Test-tube holder with safety shield

Details Test-tube holder with safety shield Test-tube holder with safety shield

1989-06-28

1991-01-08

Gibson, Jr., Robert W.

Supports: racks

Special article

Receptacle support

604192, 604263, A47F 700

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active

049828509

ABSTRACT:
An improved hand-held test-tube holder is disclosed. It is a safety device to prevent the contraction by health-care professionals of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), when dealing with infected blood samples. In the preferred embodiment, the invention comprises an oval base; a plurality of vertical shafts for housing vials; and an overlying, horizontal shield. The shield is designed to completely cover the user's cupped hand that grasps the shafts and lifts the holder. It thereby protects that hand from being accidentally pricked by a contaminated needle during the process of drawing blood from an infectious sample in a vial housed in the holder, or during the similar process of depositing a sample into the vial.

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