Question | Answer |
Sterile Yellow or Blood Culture Bottles Additives | ACD-A
ACD-B
SPS |
Sterile Yellow or Blood Culture Bottles Dept | MICROBIOLOGY |
Red Additives | No Additives/blank - GLASS
Silica particles or Serum - PLASTIC |
Red Dept | SEROLOGY |
Light Blue Additives | Sodium Citrate (NaC) |
Light Blue Dept | COAGULATION |
Gold, SST, Tiger Top Additives | Polymer Gel or Thrombin Gel
SERUM |
Gold, SST, Tiger Top Dept | CHEMISTRY |
Light Green, PST Additives | Thixotropic Gel/Lithium Heparin |
Light Green, PST Dept | CHEMISTRY |
GREEN Additives | Sodium Heparin
Lithium Heparin
Ammonium Heparin |
Green Dept | CHEMISTRY |
Lavender Additives | EDTA K2 |
Lavender Dept | HEMOTOLOGY |
Gray Additives | Sodium Flouride (NaF)
Potassium Oxalate (KOx) |
Gray Dept | CHEMISTRY |
Dark Blue Additives | NO ADDITIVE = Chemically Clean Tube
Special Stoppers
EDTA |
Dark Blue Dept | CHEMISTRY/TOXICOLOGY |
Red/Pink/Pearl Additives | No Coagulant (red) plasma prep tube
K2 EDTA (pink)
EDTA (pearl) |
Red/Pink/Pearl Dept | Red -Serology
Pink/Pearl - BLOOD BANK |
Gray w/Yellow Label or Red/Yellow top Additives | Boric Acid |
Gray w/Yellow Label or Red/Yellow top Dept | MICROBIOLOGY |
Black w/Blue insert Additives | NA C Sodium Citrate |
Black w/Blue insert Dept | HEMATOLOGY |
Bumble Bee Additives | Serum |
Bumble Bee Dept | CHEMISTRY |
RST (Rapid Serum Tube) Orange Additives | SERUM |
RST Orange Dept | CHEMISTRY |
CPT (Cell Preparation Tube) Additives | NaC (Sodium Citrate)
Thixotropic Gel |
CPT (Cell Preparation Tube) Dept | SEROLOGY |