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Med-lab
Phlebotomy
Question | Answer | |
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Orange Top | Additive: Thrombin | Uses: STAT serum chemistries |
Yellow-Black Top | Additive: Broth mixture | Uses: Microbiology- aerobes, anaerobes, fungi |
Yellow Top | Additive: ACD (Acid-Citrate-Dextrose) | Uses: HLA tissue typing, paternaty testing, DNA studies |
Purple Top | Additive: EDTA | Uses: Hematology (CBC)and Blood Bank (Crossmatch), invert 8x to prevent clotting and platelet clumping |
Light Brown Top | Additive: Sodium heparin | Uses: Serum lead determination |
Light Green Top | Additive: Plasma Separating Tube (PST) with lithium heparin | Uses: Chemistries |
Dark Blue Top | Additive: EDTA | Uses: Trace element testing(Zinc, copper, lead, mercury) and toxicology |
Pink Top | Additive: Potassium EDTA | Uses: Molecular/viral load testing |
Gold Top | Additive: None | Uses: Chemistries, Immunology, and Serology |
Black Top | Additive: Sodium citrate (buffered) | Uses: Western Sedimentation Rate (Full draw) |
Light Gray Top | Additive: Sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate | Uses: Glucoses (Full draw) |
Green Top | Additive: Sodium heparin or lithium heparin | Uses: Lithium Level-use sodium heparin, Ammonia Level- use sodium or lithium heparin |
Red Top | Additive: None | Uses: Chemistires, immunology, serology, blood bank (Crossmatch) |
Light Blue Top | Additive: Sodium citrate | Uses: Coagulation tests (protime and prothrombin time) (Full draw) |