Closure helps to protect lab personnel from contact with blood on the stopper or around the outer rim of the tube, as well as from blood splattering upon opening the tube
The rubber stopper is recessed inside the plastic shield, so any drops left by a blood collection needle remain isolated from potential contact
IPA device is designed to clean the intraluminal (female luers) and extraluminal surfaces of catheter hubs, injection ports, caps and stopcocks through a patent-pending friction scrub design