Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Specimen Containers

Various people involved in the field of science (and other fields) analyze materials of all sorts for different purposes. Doctors may need a urine, blood or stool (or other such specimen) sample to help patients and to determine whether or not they suffer from a certain disease. Surgeons can use them for storing tissue samples during an operation. Scientists often require specimen containers for containing chemicals and other such experimental material. Police departments use such containers to store DNA samples of the criminal so that they can identify him/her or at least get a suspect. So, as can be seen, these containers are of use to many people in different fields.
Fortunately, there is a large variety of such containers. They come in different sizes, colors and some are made in a way that would allow the user to conveniently measure the specimen stored within them which would help save time as compared to measuring the specimen, first, and then, storing them in the container. Specimen containers are made in a way that they are resistant to chemicals such as formaldehyde. These containers can also resists weak acids as well as most bases which means that one can safely store certain kinds of specimen in them without worrying about the container getting corroded or spoiled due to the specimen itself. They are also resistant to a range of temperatures (depending upon the kind of container one would choose) which would allow the user of the container to store the specimen regardless of the temperature as long as it is stored within the stated range of temperatures to which the container is resistant. In addition to their amazing features, these containers are available at cheap and reasonable prices, too.
These containers are used in hospitals in a number of ways- doctors can collect the sperm of sperm donors and use the specimen where a woman may need to use it due to an infertile male partner. Blood samples are collected in these containers to check and analyze whether the blood of a donor is safe for, say, a blood transfusion or to determine whether a patient is suffering from a serious disease such as leukemia or AIDS. Urine and stool samples are stored in these which allow doctors to analyze whether a patient is suffering from a disease such as typhoid, jaundice or other diseases.
Those agencies involved in crime investigations use these containers to store any material that would help them identify the criminal. Sperm samples of rapists, hair left by criminals and any other material of the sort can be stored in these containers for analyses. This would allow them to get a DNA sample of the criminal and would enable the agencies to track down the criminal and remove them from the streets. So, the containers also help keep the streets clean from such criminals due to the fact that they can be used to store any sort of specimen.
Scientists and astronauts can use these containers to store specimens that are discovered in space or things such as meteorites and other material that would help them in their research in the long run.
All in all, specimen containers are very useful for people wanting to store certain specimen. Since these are manufactured in a way that they can resist temperature changes and a range of temperatures, they have the added advantage of being able to protect specimen under different conditions. The containers help keep the streets clean, solve crimes, analyze and detect diseases (since tissues, blood samples and other specimens can be stored within them) and they also help keep different specimen safe for analysis at a later point in time.


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