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Phlebotomy tubes, departments
| Answer | |
|---|---|
| blue | coagulation |
| blue | PT |
| blue | PTT |
| blue | INR |
| blue | ACT |
| blue | fibrinogen |
| blue | d-dimer |
| blue | clotting factors |
| red | chemistry |
| red | serology |
| red | immunology |
| red | standard chemistries |
| red | serum testing |
| red | therapeutic drug levels |
| red | bmp |
| red | cmp |
| red | lipids |
| red | cpk |
| red | pregnancy |
| red | thyroid |
| red | mag/phos |
| red | lfts |
| gold | chemistry |
| gold | serology |
| gold | immunology |
| gold | standard chemistries |
| gold | serum testing |
| gold | therapeutic drug levels |
| gold | bmp |
| gold | cmp |
| gold | lipids |
| gold | cpk |
| gold | pregnancy |
| gold | thyroid |
| gold | mag/phos |
| gold | lfts |
| green | chemistry |
| green | sometimes used for standard chemistries |
| green | whole blood and plasma testing |
| green | troponin |
| green | ammonia (on ice) |
| purple | hematology |
| purple | blood bank |
| purple | cbc |
| purple | differential |
| purple | platelet count |
| purple | H/H |
| purple | HbA1C |
| purple | reticulocyte |
| purple | bnp |
| purple | esr |
| purple | type & screen |
| purple | Rh |
| purple | ABO |
| pink | hematology |
| pink | blood bank |
| pink | CBC |
| pink | differential |
| pink | platelet count |
| pink | h/h |
| pink | hba1c |
| pink | reticulocyte |
| pink | bnp |
| pink | esr |
| pink | type & screen |
| pink | Rh |
| pink | aBO |
| Gray | chemistry |
| gray | lactic acid (on ice) |
| gray | glucose tolerance |
| gray | blood glucose |
| gray | ethanol |
| blue | sodium citrate |
| blue | fill 1.8/2.7 ml |
| blue | invert 3-4 |
| blue | complete fill needed may need to draw discard tube to prime tubing |
| red | empty |
| red | w/ or w/out clot activator |
| red | w/ or w/out seperator |
| red | 3.5/4/5/6 ml |
| red | invert 4-5 |
| red | red/gray "tiger" tube also in this category. |
| Gold | also referred to as SST |
| Gold | empty |
| gold | w/ or w/out clot activator |
| gold | w/ or w/out seperator |
| gold | 3.5/4/5/6 ml fill |
| gold | 4-5 inverts |
| green | sodium/lithium heparin |
| green | 4/6 ml fill |
| green | 8-10 inverts |
| purple | edta |
| purple | w/ or w/out seperator |
| purple | 2/3/4/6 ml |
| purple | 8-10 invert |
| purple | also called lavendar |
| pink | edta |
| pink | w/ or w/out seperator |
| pink | 2/3/4/6 ml |
| pink | 8-10 inverts |
| pink | often used for blood bank |
| gray | potassium oxalate |
| gray | sodium fluoride |
| gray | 2/4 ml |
| gray | 8-10 inverts |
| white | blood cultures |
| white | 8-10 invert |
| red | clot activator |
| yellow | acid solution |
| yellow | 8-10 invert |
| white | microbiology |
| white | aerobic & anaerobic respiration |
| white | bacterial |
| white | fungal infection |
| white | 8-10 ml |
| white | 8-10 invert |
| white | aerobic (often blue) |
| white | anaerobic (often purple) |