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Blood tubes and tops

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Color Top
Additive
Uses
Gold   None   Chemistries, Immunology and Serology  
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Light Green   Plasma Separating Tube (PST) with Lithium heparin   Chemistries  
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Purple   EDTA   Hematology (CBC) and Blood Bank (Crossmatch); requires full draw- invert 8 times to prevent clotting and platelet clumping  
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Light Blue   Sodium citrate   Coagulation tests (protime and prothrombin time), full draw required  
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Green   sodium heparin or lithium heparin   For lithium level, use sodium heparin For ammonia level, use sodium or lithium heparin  
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Dark Blue   EDTA   Trace element testing (zinc, copper, lead, mercury) and toxicology  
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Light Gray   Sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate   Glucoses, requires full draw (may cause hemolysis if short draw)  
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Yellow   ACD (acid-citrate-deoxtrose)   HLA tissue typing, paternity testing, DNA studies  
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Yellow-Black   Broth mixture   Microbiology- aerobes, anaerobes, fungi  
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Black   Sodium citrate (buffered)   Westergren Sedimentation Rate; requires full draw  
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Orange   Thrombin   STAT serum chemistries  
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Light Brown   Sodium heparin   Serum lead determination  
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Pink   Potassium EDTA   Molecular/viral load testing  
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Red   None   Chemistries, Immunology and Serology, Blood Bank (Crossmatch)  
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