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Color tubes uses & additives

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Green top   Sodium Heparin & lithium heparin For lithium level, use sodium heparin. For ammonia level, use sodium or lithium heparin.  
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Light blue top   Sodium citrate. Coagulation tests (protime and prothrombin time), full draw required.  
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Purple top   Hematology(CBC) and blood Bank (Crossmatch); requires full draw-ivert 8 times to prevent clotting and platelet clumping.  
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Red top   None. Chemistries, Immunology and Serology, Blood Bank (Crossmatch)  
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Light green top   Chemistries  
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Black top   Sodium citrate (buffered) Westergren Sedimentation Rate; requires full draw  
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Light gray top   Glucoses, requires full draw (may cause hemolysis if short draw)  
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Gold top   None. Chemistries, Immunology and Serology  
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Dark blue top   EDTA- Trace element testing (zinc, copper, lead, mercury) and toxicology  
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Pink top   Molecular/viral load testing  
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Yellow top   ACD (acid-citrate-dextrose) HLA tissue typing, paternity testing, DNA studies  
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Orange top   Thrombin STAT serum chemistries  
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Light brown top   Serum lead determination  
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Yellow-black top   Microbiology - aerobes, anaerobes, fungi  
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