Patent ID: 8894951

Claim:
A specimen collection container, comprising: a top end, a closed bottom end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining an interior; a first fill-volume indicator adjacent the sidewall corresponding to a first interior fill-volume; a second fill-volume indicator adjacent the sidewall corresponding to a second interior fill-volume, wherein the first interior fill-volume is less than the second interior fill-volume; and a transitional fill-volume indicator adjacent the sidewall and positioned between the first fill-volume indicator and the second fill-volume indicator, with the first fill-volume indicator, the second fill-volume indicator, and the transitional fill-volume indicator aligned about a longitudinal axis of the container, wherein a sample may be extracted from within the interior of the container by a first extraction process if the volume of sample is below the transitional fill-volume indicator in a sampling orientation, and in which a sample may be extracted from within the interior of the container by the first extraction process or a second extraction process if the volume of sample is above the transitional fill-volume indicator in the sampling orientation, the second extraction process being different than the first extraction process.