medical equipment, sample container

Test tubes in carrying case, for safer transit of infectious samples.

Rectangular pine wood box with flat rectangular wood lid which swivels open and shut on a nail on the box rim, around the sides of the box there is a long pale pink sticker with a caution in German 'Vorsicht! Infektiöses Material!' printed in black. 'Ty' is stamped above the sticker in purple ink. The inside of the wooden box has two large and one small tubular shapes hollowed out. The larger slots each hold a metal cannister with separate lid, in which are empty glass flat-bottomed test tubes each with a cork stopper. One has a small measuring spoon attached which has one side painted yellow and the other painted black. The smaller slot holds an empty round-bottomed test tube also with a cork stopper. Also with the box is a sealed, folded paper leaflet.

German medical sample container.

(1) Vorsicht! Infektiöses Material!

(2) Ty.