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Blood Tubes
Test you knowledge of blood tubes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Yellow Sterile Tube - Test | Blood Culture |
| Light Blue Tube - Test | Coagulation Test |
| Red Plastic Tube - Test | Chemistry, serology, blood bank |
| Red Glass Tube - Test | Chemistry, serology, blood bank |
| Lavender Tube - Test | Complete Blood Count (CBC), sedimentation rate |
| Pearl Tube - Test | Viral Loads |
| Gold Hemogard or Red-Gray Tube - Test | Most chemistry tests |
| Gray Tube - Test | Glucose Tolerance Testing (GTT), Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS), Blood Alcohol Levels, Lactic Acid measurment |
| Black Tube - Test | Sedimentation Rate |
| Green Tube - Test | STAT chemistry test, Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs), ammonia, electrolytes |
| Light Green or Green-Gray Tube - Test | STAT potassium |
| Orange Hemogard or Yellow-Gray Tube - Test | STAT chemistry |
| Royal Blue Tube - Test | Toxicology, trace metals, nutritional analysis |
| Tan Tube - Test | Lead Analysis |
| Yellow, Nonsterile Tube - Test | Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) studies (paternity testing and tissue typing) |
| Pink Tube - Test | Antibody screen, compatibility test |
| Yellow Sterile Tube - Additives | SPS |
| Light Blue Tube - Additives | Sodium Citrate |
| Red Plastic Tube - Additives | Clot activators |
| Red Glass Tube - Additives | None |
| Lavender Tube - Additives | EDTA |
| Pearl Tube - Additives | Polymer gel with EDTA |
| Gold Hemogard or Red-Gray Tube - Additives | Clot activators, polymer gel |
| Gray Tube - Additives | Iodoacetate or sodium floride (preserves glucose) and potassium oxalate or heparin (anticoagulant) |
| Black Tube - Additives | Sodium Citrate |
| Green Tube - Additives | Sodium Heparin, Lithium Heparin, or Ammonium Heparin |
| Light Green or Green-Gray Tube - Additives | Heparin, polymer gel |
| Orange Hemogard or Yellow-Gray Tube - Additives | Thrombin |
| Royal Blue Tube - Additives | Heparin, EDTA, or none |
| Tan Tube - Additives | Heparin |
| Yellow, Nonsterile Tube - Additives | ACD |
| Pink Tube - Additives | K2 EDTA |
| Yellow, Sterile Tube - Specimen Type | Whole Blood |
| Light Blue Tube - Specimen Type | Plasma |
| Red Plastic Tube - Specimen Type | Serum |
| Red Glass Tube - Specimen Type | Serum |
| Lavendar Tube - Specimen Type | Whole Blood |
| Pearl Tube - Specimen Type | Plasma |
| Gold Hemogard or Red-Gray Tube - Specimen Type | Serum |
| Gray Tube - Specimen Type | Plasma |
| Black Tube - Specimen Type | Whole Blood |
| Green Tube - Specimen Type | Plasma |
| Light Green or Green-Gray Tube - Specimen Type | Plasma |
| Orange Hemogard Tube - Specimen Type | Serum |
| Royal Blue Tube - Specimen Type | Plasma or Serum |
| Tan Tube - Specimen Type | Plasma |
| Yellow, Nonsterile Tube - Specimen Type | Whole Blood |
| Pink Tube - Specimen Type | Plasma or whole blood |
| Light Blue Tube - Ratio of Blood To Additive | Nine parts blood to one part sodium citrate (4.5 mL of blood to 0.5 mL of citrate) |
| Red Top Tube - Time Required To Clot | 60 minutes to clot for plastic or glass tubes |
| SST Tube | Gold Hemogard or Red-Gray Tube |
| Gold Hemogard or Red-Gray Tube - Time Required To Clot | 30 minutes to clot |
| Black Tube - Ratio of Blood To Additive | 4 parts blood to one part sodium citrate |
| PST Tube | Light Green or Green-Gray Tube |
| Orange Hemogard or Yellow-Gray Tube - Time Required To Clot | 5 minutes to clot |
| Yellow, Nonsterile Tube - Purpose of dextrose in ACD | Dextrose nourishes and preserves RBCs |
| Yellow, Nonsterile Tube - Purpose of citrate in ACD | Citrate is an anticoagulant |
| Tube that meets standards of American Association of Blood Banks | Pink Tube |
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