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Lab Tubes
Common test, additive, & Invert
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blood Culture test | Paired: Aerobic followed by anaerobic (butterfly) Single: Aerobic only (Special cleaning) |
| Tube color: PT | Light Blue |
| Tube color: PTT | Light Blue |
| Tube color: Fibrinogen | Light Blue |
| Tube color: FDP | Light Blue |
| Tube color: Factor assays | Light Blue |
| Tube color: Prior to Blue discard | Small red |
| Tube color: HCG qual | Gold |
| Tube color: Ionized CA | Gold |
| Gel separator | Gold |
| Tube color:Bascmet | Light Green |
| Tube color: BUN/ Creat | Light Green |
| Tube color: CKMB | Light Green |
| Tube color: Compmet | Light Green |
| Tube color: Ammonia (Ice) | Light Green |
| Tube color: HCG quant | light green |
| Tube color: Liver | light green |
| Tube color: most drug levels | light green |
| Tube color: TROP | Light green |
| Tube color: BNP | Light green |
| Tube color: CBCX | Lavender |
| Tube color: CBC | Lavender |
| Tube color: H & H | Lavender |
| Tube color: sed rate | lavender (Black) |
| Tube color: retic | lavender |
| Tube color: D-Dimer | lavender |
| Tube color: lactic acid | grey |
| Tube color: glucose | grey |
| Tube color: Blood bank (3 tubes) | Lavender, Lg. Red, Pink |
| Additive: SPS | Blood culture |
| Light Blue Additive: | Additive: 3.2% Sodium citrate |
| small red Additive: | Glass- none Plastic- clot activator |
| Gold Additive: | Additive: clot activator |
| green Additive: | Lithium Heperin |
| lavendar Additive: | EDTA |
| Lg. Red Additive: | None |
| grey Additive: | 5mg sodium Fluoride (Na FL) 4mg potassium oxate (K oxate) |
| Pink Additive: | EDTA |
| Invert Blood culture | 0 |
| Invert light blue | 4 |
| Invert small red | 0 |
| Invert gold | 5 |
| Invert green | 8-10 |
| Invert lavender | 8-10 |
| Invert Lg. Red | 0 |
| Invert Grey | 8-10 |
| Invert Pink | 8-10 |