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22-408: (Redirected from Bdx ) BDX could mean any of the following: Becton Dickinson an American medical technology company BDX Armored personnel carrier manufactured by Beherman Demoen Engineering a Belgian specialized vehicle manufacturer. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

44-409: A Bunsen burner or alcohol burner . The tube is usually held by its neck with a clamp or tongs . By tilting the tube, the bottom can be heated to hundreds of degrees in the flame, while the neck remains relatively cool, possibly allowing vapours to condense on its walls. A boiling tube is a large test tube intended specifically for boiling liquids. A test tube filled with water and upturned into

66-1043: A component of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the four and five consecutive years, respectively. Pfitzer et al. (2013) identify BD's development of a needleless injection system as an example of leading businesses' role in creating shared value . In April 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined BD US$ 112,700 for safety violations. They found repeat and serious violations of health and safety law that had resulted in two employees having partial finger amputations. In 2020, C.R. Bard, Inc. and its parent company BD were fined $ 60 million USD for failing to adequately inform patients about health risks related to their transvaginal mesh devices. In mid-2007,

88-417: A multitude of lengths and widths, typically from 10 to 20 mm wide and 50 to 200 mm long. The top often features a flared lip to aid pouring out the contents. A chemistry test tube typically has a flat bottom, a round bottom, or a conical bottom. Some test tubes are made to accept a ground glass stopper or a screw cap . They are often provided with a small ground glass or white glaze area near

110-443: A water-filled beaker is often used to capture gases , e.g. in electrolysis demonstrations. A test tube with a stopper is often used for temporary storage of chemical or biological samples. Culture tubes are test tubes used in biology and related sciences for handling and culturing all kinds of live organisms , such as molds , bacteria , seedlings , plant cuttings , etc.. Some racks for culture tubes are designed to hold

132-530: Is a common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing, open at the top and closed at the bottom. Test tubes are usually placed in special-purpose racks . Test tubes intended for general chemical work are usually made of glass, for its relative resistance to heat. Tubes made from expansion-resistant glasses, mostly borosilicate glass or fused quartz , can withstand high temperatures up to several hundred degrees Celsius . Chemistry tubes are available in

154-444: Is a small cylindrical vessel used to strongly heat substances in the flame of a Bunsen burner . A boiling tube is essentially a scaled-up test tube, being about 50% larger. They are designed to be wide enough to allow substances to boil violently as opposed to a test tube, which is too narrow; a boiling liquid can explode out of the end of test tubes when they are heated, as there is no room for bubbles of gas to escape independently of

176-718: Is an American multinational medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents. BD also provides consulting and analytics services in certain areas. BD is ranked #211 in the 2024 Fortune 500 list based on its revenues for the fiscal year ending September   30, 2023. The company was founded in 1897 in New York City by Maxwell Becton and Fairleigh S. Dickinson . It later moved its headquarters to New Jersey. In 2004, BD agreed to pay out US$ 100 million to settle allegations from competitor Retractable Technologies that it had engaged in anti-competitive behavior to prevent

198-571: Is popular and the term is sometimes used as a generic term for such tubes. As of February 2010, BD was ranked 18th in the EPA Fortune 500 List of Green Power Purchasers. BD was also listed among the top 100 companies in Newsweek's 2009 Green Rankings ranking of the 500 largest American corporations based on environmental performance, policies, and reputation. BD placed third in the health care sector and 83rd overall. In addition, BD has been

220-433: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and worldwide health agencies to coordinate recall activities. In March 2021 BD announced a recall of infusion sets for CC, GP, VP, GW/GW800, SE, and IVAC 590 Alaris Pumps and gravity infusion sets and connectors following the news that a supplier falsified sterilisation documents going back ten years. Test tube A test tube , also known as a culture tube or sample tube ,

242-555: The United States, Asia, Canada, Europe, Mexico, the Middle East, South Africa, and South America. The recall was initiated on Oct. 28, 2009 after BD received complaints of problems due to air entry through a part of the device. BD stated that the cause of the problem was manufacturing deviation and claimed that it corrected the problem. BD announced that it notified customers about the recall by letter and has been working with

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264-835: The additive. For example, a blue-top tube is a 5  ml test tube containing sodium citrate as an anticoagulant, used to collect blood for coagulation and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase testing. Small vials used in medicine may have a snap-top (also called a hinge cap) molded as part of the vial. ("light blue") (weak calcium chelator/ anticoagulant ) Plasma separator gel ("navy") Fluoride Oxalate Grey, Green, Yellow, Purple 1. Grey (nil) tube 2. Green (TB1 antigen) tube 3. Yellow (TB2 antigen) tube 4. Purple (mitogen) tube Test tubes are sometimes put to casual uses outside of lab environments, e.g. as flower vases , glassware for certain weak shots , or containers for spices . They can also be used for raising queen ants during their first months of development. A boiling tube

286-415: The company agreed to acquire CareFusion for a price of US$ 12.2 billion in cash and stock. In April 2017, Becton, Dickinson and Company announced it would acquire C. R. Bard . The transaction was completed later that year, and the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of BD, rebranded as Bard. In 2024, BD announced it would acquire Edwards Lifesciences ' critical care unit for $ 4.2 billion. For

308-420: The distribution of Retractable's syringes, which are designed to prevent needlestick injury . The lawsuit touched off a series of legal conflicts between the companies. Retractable would accuse BD of patent infringement after BD released a retractable needle of its own. Later Retractable would claim BD was falsely advertising its own brand of retractable needle as the “world’s sharpest needle”. In October 2014,

330-424: The firm's Discardit II series of syringes numbered 0607186 was withdrawn from hospitals and other medical services around Poland , about half a year after the discovery of remains of dark dust in some syringes, which were alleged to have been from this series. The newspaper Dziennik Online claimed that other series such as 06022444, 0603266, and 0607297 were also suspected of being contaminated. BD recalled and tested

352-1045: The fiscal year 2017, Becton Dickinson reported earnings of US$ 1.030 billion, with an annual revenue of US$ 12.093 billion, an increase of 10.5% over the previous fiscal cycle. Becton Dickinson's shares traded at over US$ 192 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at over US$ 63 billion in November 2018. Currently there are three business segments. In certain places, BD Medical also offers consulting and analytics related services. BD Medical's Consulting services are primarily targeted at hospitals, healthcare systems and networks of healthcare providers. Business units include Biosciences and Integrated Diagnostic Solutions. Offerings include preanalytical solutions for sample management; immunology research, including flow cytometry and multiomics tools; microbiology and molecular diagnostics; lab automation and informatics; and differentiated reagents and assays. The company's line of plastic conical screwtop test tubes , known as 'Falcon tubes',

374-421: The presence of a lip is what distinguishes a test tube from a culture tube. In clinical medicine, sterile test tubes with air removed, called vacutainers , are used to collect and hold samples of physiological fluids such as blood , urine , pus , and synovial fluid . These tubes are commonly sealed with a rubber stopper and often have a specific additive placed in the tube with the stopper color indicating

396-417: The surrounding liquid. This phenomenon is called bumping . An ignition tube is used in much the same way as a boiling tube, except it is not as large and thick-walled. It is primarily used to hold small quantities of substances which are undergoing direct heating by a Bunsen burner or other heat source. This type of tube is used in the sodium fusion test . Ignition tubes are often difficult to clean due to

418-549: The syringes in question, and revealed sterile particulates in 0.013 percent of the products. In February 2010 BD announced a voluntary product recall of certain lots of BD Q-Syte Luer Access Devices and BD Nexiva Closed IV Catheter Systems. BD stated that the use of the affected devices may cause an air embolism or leakage of blood and/or therapy, which may result in serious injury or death. The approximately 2.8 million BD Q-Syte and 2.9 million BD Nexiva units containing 5 million BD Q-Syte devices that were recalled were distributed in

440-517: The title BDX . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BDX&oldid=681331449 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Becton Dickinson Becton, Dickinson and Company ( BD ; also Becton Dickinson or Becton )

462-484: The top for labelling with a pencil. Test tubes are widely used by chemists to handle chemicals, especially for qualitative experiments and assays. Their spherical bottom and vertical sides reduce mass loss when pouring, make them easier to wash out, and allow convenient monitoring of the contents. The long, narrow neck of test tube slows down the spreading of gases to the environment. Test tubes are convenient containers for heating small amounts of liquids or solids with

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484-418: The tubes in a nearly horizontal position, so as to maximize the surface of the culture medium inside. Culture tubes for biology are usually made of clear plastic (such as polystyrene or polypropylene ) by injection molding and are often discarded after use. Plastic test tubes with a screwtop cap are often called "Falcon tubes" after a line manufactured by Becton Dickinson . Some sources consider that

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