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Tubes\Anticoagulants
Yellow-Topped Tubes (Additive) for Blood Culture | Additive Sodium Polantholesulfonte (SPS) |
Light Blue Topped Tubes (Coagulation Tube) (Additive) | Sodium Citrate |
Yellow Topped Tubes (Additive) for Blood Banking | Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD) |
Tiger Topped: Mottled Topped, Speckled and Gold Topped Tubes (Additive) | Polymer Barrier: Clot Activator and gel for serum separation (NOT AN ANTICOAGULANT) |
Orange and Gray\Yellow Topped Tubes (Additive) | Thrombin |
Red Topped Tubes -Plain Vacuum Tube- (Additive) | No additive, no anticoagulant or polymer barrier |
Green Topped Tubes (Additive) | Lithium Heparin Sodium Heparin |
Purple (Lavender) Topped Tubes (Additive) Hematology Tube | EDTA |
Pink Topped Tubes (Additive) | EDTA (Spray Dried) |
Royal Blue Topped Tubes (Additive) | Heparin |
Tan Topped Tubes (Additive) | EDTA |
Black Topped Tubes (Additive) | Sodium Citrate |
Gray Topped Tubes (Additive) | Potassium Oxalate and Sodium Fluoride Sodium Fluoride and EDTA Sodium Flouride |
Yellow Topped Tubes (Use) SPS | Protects bacteria from effect of antibacterial properties of blood |
Light Blue Topped Tubes (Use) (Coagulation Tube) | Prevents coagulation by binding with calcium and buffering with coagulation factors |
Yellow Topped Tubes (Use) ACD | Preserves blood for donation |
Tiger Topped: Mottled Topped, Speckled and Gold Topped Tubes (Use) | Forms a stable barrier separating the serum from fibrin and blood cells |
Orange and Gray\Yellow Toped Tubes (Use) | Complete Clotting in less than 5 minutes |
Red Topped Tubes (Use) | Used for serology and chemistry tests and in blood bank for blood typing when both cells and serum are needed |
Green Topped Tubes (Use) | Heparin stops coagulation process by inactivating thrombin and thromboplastin |
Purple (Lavender) Topped Tubes (Use) | Prevents clotting by binding with calcium |
Pink Topped Tubes (Use) | Used Whole blood hematology and immunohematology testing |
Royal Blue Topped Tubes (Use) | Heparin stops coagulation process by inactivating thrombin and thromboplastin (Factor X) |
Tan Topped Tubes (Use) | Prevents clotting by binding with calcium |
Blacked Topped Tubes (Use) | Prevents clotting by binding with calcium |
Gray Topped Tubes (Use) | Antiglycolytic agent and glycolytic inhibitor-slows down glucose breakdown |
Yellow Topped Tube (Test) (SPS) | Blood Culture |
Yellow Topped Tube (Test) (ACD) | Specialty Blood Banking HLA and DNA testing |
Light Blue Topped Tubes (Test) | Coagulation Studies, Prothrombin Time (PT), Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT, PTT) Fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) Thrombin time; Factor assays, bleeding time (BT) |
Tiger Topped: Mottled Topped, Speckled and Gold Topped Tubes (Test) | Serum Determinations |
Orange and Gray\ Yellow Topped Tubes (Test) | STAT laboratory procedures |
Red Topped Tubes (Test) | Serum Determinations AND Collection |
Green Topped Tubes (Test) | Lab assays requiring plasma or whole blood - mostly blood chemistry tests: Glucose, BUN, Creatinine, Ionized calcium or electrolyte |
Purple (Lavender) Topped Tubes (Test) | General Hematologic studies CBC, WBC & differential count, platelets count & function tests hemoglobin &hematrocrit determinations; Erythrocyte Sedimentation rate (ESR); Sickle Cell Screening Other Test= Molecular Diagnostic Testing Immunology, HbA1c |
Pink Topped Tubes (Test) | Blood Bank Collection and Testing |
Royal Blue Topped Tubes (Test) | Nutritional studies therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology studies trace metal assays |
Tan Topped Tubes (Test) | Lead Testing |
Black Topped Tubes (Test) | Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) |
Gray Topped Tubes (Test) | Glucose Tests (sugar); Fasting blood sugar (FBS); Glucose tolerance test (GTT); Blood alcohol levels and lactic acid levels |
First Tube | Yellow Topped Tubes / Blood Cultures or vials |
Second Tube | Light Blue Topped Tubes / Sodium Citrate Tubes |
Third Tube | Red Topped Tubes / Serum Tubes with or without clot activator or gel |
Forth Tube | Green Topped Tubes / Heparin Tubes |
Fifth Tube | Purple Lavender Topped Tubes / EDTA Tubes blood studies |
Sixth Tube | Gray Topped Tubes / oxalate\floride tubes, glucose |
Seventh Tube | Royal Blue Topped Tubes / Trypsin inhibitor |