| Question | Answer |
| What additive(s) are in a Sterile Yellow or Blood Culture Bottle? | ACD-A
ACD-B
SPS |
| What additive(s) are in a Light Blue Tube? | Sodium Citrate (NaC) |
| What additive(s) are in a Red Tube? | No Additives (glass)
Clot activator- Silica Particles (plastic) |
| What additive(s) are in a SST?
(Gold, Tiger Top, Jungle Top, Speckled) | Clot activator- Polymer Gel or/Thrombin Gel
& Serum |
| What additive(s) are in a Light Green, Green or PST Tube? | Sodium Heparin
or Lithium Heparin
or Ammonium Heparin
Thixotropic Gel & Lithium Heparin |
| What additive(s) are in a Lavender Tube? | EDTA |
| What additive(s) are in a Gray Tube? | Sodium Flouride (NaF)
& Potassium Oxalate (KOx) |
| What additive(s) are in a Dark, Navy, Royal Blue Tube? | No Additives
EDTA
Sodium Heparin |
| What additive(s) are in a Red, Pink, Pearl Tube? | Red: No Anticoagulants
Pink: EDTA
Pearl: EDTA |
| What additive(s) are in a Gray with Yellow Label or Red/Yellow Top Tube? | Boric ACID |
| What additive(s) are in a Bumble Bee Tube? | Serum
Thrombin Gel
Polymer Gel |
| What additive(s) are in a Black with Blue Insert Tube? | Sodium Citrate (NaC) |
| What additive(s) are in a RST Orange Tube? | Thrombin Gel
Polymer Gel
Serum |
| What additive(s) are in a CPT Tube? | Sodium Citrate (NaC)
& Polymer Gel |
