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Question | Answer |
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What additive is in the yellow tube? | Sodium phlyanetholsulfonate(sulfo) |
What test is the yellow tube used for? | Blood Cultures |
What is the function of Sodium phlyanetholsulfonate? | prevents blood from clotting |
What additive is in the red/gray (tiger top)? | No additive but does contain silica to enhance clotting. |
Uses for the tiger top? | Serum testing |
What is the additive in the Red tube ? | No additive |
Additive in Light blue tube ? | Sodium Citrate |
what is the function of sodium Citrate ? | removes calcium to prevent clotting . |
Uses for the light blue tube? | PT, PTT |
What additive is in green tube? | Heparin |
what does the additive heparin do? | inhibits thrombin formation to prevent clotting |
what is the green tube used for ? | Chemistry testing |
what additive is in the lavender tube? | EDTA |
What does EDTA do ? | removes calcium to prevent clotting |
Uses for lavender tube ? | Hematology ( cbc, wbc , esr , sickle cell). |
What additive is in Gray tube? | sodium fluoride |
What does sodium fluoride do? | removes calcium and inhibits glycolysis |
Uses for gray tube? | chemistry testing, glucose/alcohol levels |
What additive is in Royal Blue ? | Sodium Heparin |
Uses for royal blue tube? | Chemistry trace elements( lead, zinc, Arsenic , EDTA , |