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Question | Answer |
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Lavender | hematology - EDTA whole blood/plasma |
Pink | blood banking - EDTA whole blood/plasma |
Light Blue | coagulation - Sodium Citrate - centrifuged plasma |
Green | chemistry - heparin with sodium, lithium, or ammonium ion - whole blood/plasma |
Light Green | chemistry -plasma separator tube (PST)- well suited for potassium - plasma |
Red (plastic) | chemistry or serology - clot activator - serum |
Red (glass) | blood banking, chemistry, or serology - No additive or anticoagulant - serum |
Red/Grey (tiger top), Gold | chemistry - clot activator and gel - serum |
Yellow/Grey, Orange | chemistry - thrombin - serum |
Gray | chemistry glucose tests - potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride |
Royal or Dark Blue | chemistry trace elements, toxicology, and nutrient analyses - |
Yellow | microbiology blood cultures - whole blood - sodium polyanetholesulfonate (SPS) |
Tan | chemistry lead test - plasma - sodium heparin or edta |
White | molecular diagnostics - plasma - edta and gel |
Black | hematology sedimentation rates - whole blood - sodium citrate |
order of draw 1 | yellow tubes and culture bottles |
order of draw 2 | light blue |
order of draw 3 | glass red (non additive) |
order of draw 4 | plastic red (clot activator), yellow/gray or orange (thrombin clot activator) |
order of draw 5 | red/gray (tigertop) or gold (serum separator) |
order of draw 6 | green (heparin) |
order of draw 7 | light green (plasma separator) |
order of draw 8 | lavender (EDTA) |
order of draw 9 | gray (oxalate/fluoride) |