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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lavender | hematology - EDTA whole blood/plasma |
| Pink | blood banking - EDTA whole blood/plasma |
| Light Blue | coagulation - Sodium Citrate - centrifuged plasma |
| Green | chemistry - heparin with sodium, lithium, or ammonium ion - whole blood/plasma |
| Light Green | chemistry -plasma separator tube (PST)- well suited for potassium - plasma |
| Red (plastic) | chemistry or serology - clot activator - serum |
| Red (glass) | blood banking, chemistry, or serology - No additive or anticoagulant - serum |
| Red/Grey (tiger top), Gold | chemistry - clot activator and gel - serum |
| Yellow/Grey, Orange | chemistry - thrombin - serum |
| Gray | chemistry glucose tests - potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride |
| Royal or Dark Blue | chemistry trace elements, toxicology, and nutrient analyses - |
| Yellow | microbiology blood cultures - whole blood - sodium polyanetholesulfonate (SPS) |
| Tan | chemistry lead test - plasma - sodium heparin or edta |
| White | molecular diagnostics - plasma - edta and gel |
| Black | hematology sedimentation rates - whole blood - sodium citrate |
| order of draw 1 | yellow tubes and culture bottles |
| order of draw 2 | light blue |
| order of draw 3 | glass red (non additive) |
| order of draw 4 | plastic red (clot activator), yellow/gray or orange (thrombin clot activator) |
| order of draw 5 | red/gray (tigertop) or gold (serum separator) |
| order of draw 6 | green (heparin) |
| order of draw 7 | light green (plasma separator) |
| order of draw 8 | lavender (EDTA) |
| order of draw 9 | gray (oxalate/fluoride) |