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Medical Assisting Tubes
| Tube | Additive/Test |
|---|---|
| Yellow Tube | Solution A (ACD) / CD4/Helper Suppressor |
| Yellow Tube2 | Solution B / Blood Culture |
| Red Tube | No Additive/ Pregnancy Test, Type and screen |
| Blue Tube | Sodium Citrate/ PT, PTT, Coagulation Studies |
| Green Tube | Sodium Heparin, Lithium Heparin / Drug Testing, DNA Verif, Chromosome Analysis, Electrolytes |
| Gray Tube | Potassium Oxalate, Sodium Fluoride / 1, 3 & 5 hr GTT, FBS, Alcohol |
| Red/Gray, SST, Marble Top, Tiger top, Gold Top | Gel / Liver profile, Lipd Panel, HIV, t3, t4, tsh, cholesterol, triglycerides, bun, electrolytes, basic metabolic panel and comp. Metabolic panel, creatine, kidney function, hepatitis a,b,c, hormones, vitamins, uric acid |