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Tube Top Colors & Additives

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Tube containing: Sodium Polyetholsufonate/Sodium Chloride (SPS)Action: Inhibits actions of antibiotics and phagocytes to aid in collection of micro-organisms   Yellow  
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Tube containing: ThrombinAction: Fast clot formation   Orange  
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Tube containing: Thixotropic Serum Seperator Gel & Clot ActivatorsAction: Clot-activator acts as a barrier between serum and cells after centrifuged   Tiger Top  
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Tube containing: No AdditivesAction: Clot forms   Royal Blue  
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Tube containing: Sodium CitrateAction: Binds calcium   Light Blue  
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Tube containing: No AdditivesAction: Clot forms   Red  
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Tube containing: Potassium Oxalate & Sodium FlourideAction: Binds calcium, stabilizes glucose values   Gray  
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Tube containing: Lithium Heparin/Sodium HeparinAction: Inhibits prothrombin to thrombin   Green  
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Tube containing: Sodium Heparin, Sodium EDTAAction: Inhibits prothrombin to thrombin, binds calcium   Royal Blue  
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Tube containing: Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD)Action: Red blood cell preservative   Yellow  
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Tube containing: Ethylinediamine-Diaminetetroacetic Acid (EDTA)Action: Binds calcium   Lavender  
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Tube containing: Thrombin/Soybean Trypsin InhibitorAction: Clot forms   Special Blue  
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