NHCTC Phlebotomy Tubes, Top Colors, & Tests
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| What is the Order of Draw? | Lg Blue, Red, Gold, Green, Lavendar, & Pink
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| What is the first tube color and what tests? | First Tube Drawn is Light Blue, and Used for PT & PTT
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| Additive for Lt. Blue ? | Na+ Citrate Anticoaguant (for Plasma)
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| Additive for Red ? | Plain Clot Activator (for Serum)
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| Additive for Gold (Yellow) ? | Clot Activator (for Serum)
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| Additive(s) for Green(s) ? | 1.) Lithium Heprin 2.) Na+ Heprin (for Plasma or Whole Blood)
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| Additive(s) for Lavendar and Pink? | Lavendar & Pink Additives are EDTA (for Plasma or Whole Blood)
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| What is Red Tube Used for? | Red: General Chem. Drug Tests (Digoxin, Theophylline, Lithium, Valproic Acid, Salicylate (ASA), Acetaminophen (APAP))
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| What is Gold Tube Used for? | Gold: General Chemistries (Lytes, BUN, Gluc, TSH, PSA, Ca, Mg, CK, AST, ALT, LD, Lipids, T3, T4, Creatinine)
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| What is/are Green Tubs Used for? | Green: CK/CK MB, Troponin, Myoglobin, Veinous Blood Gases
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| What is Lavendar (Purple) Used for? | Purple (Lavendar): ESR, CBCs, HA1C, Malaria
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| What is Pink Used for? | Pink: "Blood Bank" Type or Cross-Matching
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| What is in a Lipid Panel? | Lipid Panel: Cholesterol, Triglyceride, HDL, LDL
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| What Color is Used for PT or PTT tests ? | Lt. Blue is PT/PTT: Lt. Blue Tube (1st Drawn, * 9:1 Fill, Plasma Yeilded b/c Na+ Citrate)
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| Tube Used for Drug tests? | Red is Drug Test Chem's: Red Tube (2nd Drawn, Serum Yeilded b/c Plain Clot Activator)
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| Tube Used for Blood General Chemistries (BUN, Gluc, TSH, PSA, Lytes, T3/4, ALT, LD, Lipids)? | Gold is Gen. Chem's: Gold Tube(3rd Drawn, Clot Activator Yeilds Serum)
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| Tube Used for Heart (MI) Tests ? | Green(s) are MI Tests: Green(s) Tube(s) Used *(Lithium or Na+ Heprin Yeild Plasma for CK, CK-MB, Troponin, Myoglobin)
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| Tube Used for Blood ESR, CBCs, HA1Cs, Malaria? | Lavendar is for CBCs, HA1Cs, ESRs, Malaria: Lavendar/Purple Tube *(EDTA Yeilds Plasma/Whole Blood)
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| Tube Used for Blood Typing by Blood Bank? | Pink is for Blood Typing: Pink Tube *(Blood Bank Exclusively, EDTA yeilds Plasma/Whole Blood)
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