Blood Draw Tubes: additives, test, and colors
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- blood cultures
- yellow top
- SPS (sodium polyanethosufonate)
- yellow top
- blood bank study
- yellow top
- ACD (Acid Citrate Dextrose)
- yellow top
- prevents blood from clotting and stabilizes bacterial growth
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SPS
sodium polyanethosufonate - anticoagulant and red blood cell preservative
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ACD
Acid Citrate Dextrose - first tube in the order of the draw
- yellow top
- second tube in the order of the draw
- light blue tube
- 9:1 ratio of blood to anticoagulant is found in this tube
- light blue tube
- Sodium Citrate
- light blue tube
- removes calcuim to prevent blood from clotting
- Sodium Citrate
- coagulation studies
- light blue tube
- third tube in order of the draw
- red (plastic)
- serum testing
- red (plastic)
- clot activator
- red (plastic)
- 4th tube in the order of the draw
- red top(glass)tube
- has no additive
- red top (glass) tube
- chemistry and immunology testing
- red top (glass) tube
- 5th tube in the order of the draw
- SST tube / tiger top tube
- SST
- tiger top tube
- gel barrier with a clot activator
- SST
- immunology, serum testing and chemistry
- tiger top / SST tube
- 6th tube in order of the draw
- green top tube
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Herparin
(Sodium/Lithium?Ammonium) - green top tube
- inhibits thrombin formation to prevent clotting
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Heparin
(sodium/lithium/ammonium) - chemistry
- green top tube
- 7th tube in the order of the draw
- lavender top tube
- EDTA
- lavender top tube
- binds with calcuim to prevent clotting
- EDTA
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whole blood testing
ABO testing
Hematology - lavender top tube
- anticoagulant
- EDTA
- tube with anticoagulant found in it and used for whole blood testing and hematology
- lavender top tube
- K2 EDTA
- pink top tube
- 8th tube in order of the draw
- pink top tube
- whole blood testing
- pink top tube
- 9th tube in the order of the draw
- gray top tube
- potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride
- gray top tube
- binds with the calcium to prevent clotting
- potassium oxalate
- stabilizes glucose for 3 days
- sodium fluoride
- tube used to draw for glucose testing
- gray top tube
- 10th tube in the order of the draw
- royal blue tube
- sodium heparin
- royal blue and tan tubes
- inhibits thrombin to prevent clotting
- sodium heparin
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trace element testing
(zinc, lead) - royal blue tube
- additive: none
- royal blue top tube and red (glass) top tube
- 11th tube in the order of the draw
- tan top tube
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toxicology
special chemistry - Lead - tan top tube
- 12th tube in the order of the draw
- black top tube
- buffered sodium citrate
- black top tube
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whole blood testing
hematology testing - black top tube
- 13th in the order of the draw
- orange top tube
- Thrombin
- to enhance clot formation in less than 5 minutes
- to enhance clot formation in less than 5 minutes
- Thrombin
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STAT serum test
Chemistry - orange top tube
- PTT tube
- pearl top tube
- 14th tube in the order of the draw
- pearl top tube
- K2 EDTA and gel barrier
- pearl top tube
- Immunology and viral loads (HIV)
- pearl top tube
- this tube has a procoagulant additive
- SST
- this tube is used for serum seperation
- SST
- this tube is used for plasm seperation
- EDTA
- these tubes have some type of anticoagulants in them
- yellow,light blue, green, lavender, pink, gray, royal blue, tan, black and pearl
- the tube are procoagulant
- SST/tiger top, red (plastc) top, orange
- tube used for CBC, ESR
- lavender top tube
- coagulation tube
- light blue top tube
- what a protime and prothrombin time
- coagulation studies
- how many times do you invert the lavender top, pink top, or pearl top tube
- 8-10 times
- what tube is used for lithium levels
- green top tube
- how many times do you invert a yellow top tube
- 8 - 10 times
- how many times do you invert a light blue top or black top tube
- 3-4 times
- how many times do you invert an SST(tiger top) and red (plastic) top tube
- 5 times
- how many times do you invert a red (glass) top tube
- none
- how many times do you invert a gray or green tube
- 8-10 times
- what is the clotting time for an SST (tiger top tube)
- 30 minutes
- what is the clotting time for a red (plastic) top tube
- 60 minutes
- what tube do you use for blood donor screening
- lavender top tube, SST (tiger top)tube, or red (plastic) top tube
- what tubes can be used for immunology testing
- pearl top, red (glass)top, and tiger top
- what tubes are used for serum testing
- SST (tiger top), and red (plastic) top tubes
- what tubes are used for whole blood testing
- lavender top, pink top, and black top tubes
- what tube is used for toxicology
- tan top tube
- what tests can be perfomed from a yellow top tube
- blood/body fluid cultures and blood bank studies
- what test can be performed from a light blue top tube
- coagulation studies
- what tests can be performed from a red (plastic) top tube
- serum testing
- what tests can be performed from a red (glass) top tube
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chemistry
immunology - what tests can be performed from a SST (tiger top) tube
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immunology
serum testing
chemistry - what tests can be performed from a lavender top tube
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whole blood testing
ABO testing
hematology