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PMI tube additives
Question | Answer |
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dark navy, royal blue tube | could be NO additive could be EDTA could be a special stopper |
sterile yellow tube & blood culture bottles | ACD-A ACD-B SPS |
red tube | glass-NO additive (blank) plastic-silica particles (serum) |
SST tube (gold, tiger, jungle, speckled) | polymer gel or thrombin gel & serum |
light green PST tube or green tube | sodium heparin lithium heparin ammonium heparin thixotropic gel |
light blue (full) tube | sodium citrate (NaC) |
lavender tube | EDTA |
gray (fasting) tube | sodium fluoride (NaF) potassium oxalate (KOx) |
red, pink, pearl tube | no anticoagulant (red) EDTA (pink) pear tube contains EDTA (known as plasma preparation tube) |
bumble bee tube | serum/thrombin gel/polymer gel |
black w/blue insert tube | NAC (sodium citrate) |
orange RST (rapid serum tube) | serum/thrombin gel/polymer gel |
gray w/yellow label tube & red w/yellow top tube | boric ACID |
blue tiger CPT tube (cell preparation tube) | NaC sodium citrate polymer gel |