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CCC 9 tubes
9 tubes in order of draw
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Yellow tube | AKA SPS tube |
| Yellow | 1st tube in the order of draw contains sodium polyanethole sulfonategoes to microbiology |
| Light Blue | 2nd tube in the order of draw contains sodium citrate goes to hematology |
| Red Tube | AKA discard tube |
| Red | 3rd tube in the order of draw has no additive goes to chemistry |
| Gold | 4th tube in the order of draw contains thixotropic gel goes to chemistry |
| Gold tube | AKA SST (serum separating tube) |
| Light Green tube | AKA PST (plasma separating tube) |
| Light green | 5th tube in the order of draw contains sodium, lithium, ammonia heparin goes to chemistry |
| Green | 6th tube in the order of draw contains heparin goes to |
| Lavender | 7th tube in the order of draw contains (EDTA) ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid goes to hematology |
| Pink | 8th tube in the order of draw contains EDTA-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid spray goes to Blood Bank |
| Gray | 9th tube in the order of draw contains potassium oxalate (anticoagulant) and sodium flouride (antiglycolytic) goes to chemistry |