monk. n. A man who is a member of a brotherhood living in a monastery and devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order: a Carthusian monk; a Buddhist monk.
Complete Blood Count (CBC): EDTA tubes (purple top): Purple top tubes should be 50-60% full. Do not overfill tubes. Gently mix specimen by inverting 5-10 times and place it on a rocker for up to 30 minutes, then refrigerate at 2-8Â°C. When a differential is required as part of a CBC, slides must be prepared within 12 hours of blood collection. Refrigerated EDTA blood is stable for CBC for up to 24 hours.
Evacuated BCTs are generally cylindrical, measuring 50 mm to 150 mm in length and 10 mm to 20 mm in diameter (9). Most tubes for adult clinical specimens are 75 mm to 100 mm in length and 13 mm in diameter, and collect 2 to 10 mL of whole blood (9,10).o reduce the potential for splatter from the blood specimen when the rubber stoppers are removed from the collection tube, a stopper shield is used (e.g. Hemogardâ¢). The stopper shield can be made from thermoplastic materials, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyvinylchloride (8,26).