Cap handling tool and method of use

A tool for use in uncapping a plurality of linearly-oriented, spaced-apart tubes;

• the tubes capped with a unitary closure device comprising a plurality of spaced-apart, linearly-oriented alternating caps and openings, each cap having a cap upper surface and being connected to at least one adjacent cap by at least two connecting structures, each of the at least two connecting structures having a connecting structure upper surface and a connecting structure lower surface, the at least two connecting structures and two adjacent caps forming a boundary of an opening;
• the tool comprising:
• a body having first portion for engagement by a user and a second portion comprising a base and a plurality of spaced-apart projections extending therefrom;
• wherein each projection comprises a longitude and a terminus;
• wherein each projection is configured for releasably engaging one of the openings in the unitary closure device;
• wherein the plurality of projections is configured to align with two or more of the plurality of openings in the unitary closure device;
• wherein the first portion is configured in a non-coplanar relationship with respect to the second portion;
• wherein the first portion has a first side and a second side;
• wherein the second portion comprises the base and the at least one projection, the at least one projection comprising a terminus;
• wherein, when the second side of the first portion is held against a surface, the distance between the terminus of the at least one projection and the surface is sufficient to hold any portion of a cap fully-engaged on the projection off the surface.