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Question | Answer |
Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Test: | Most Chemistry Tests |
Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Additives | Clot activators and polymer gel |
Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Specimen | Serum |
Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Clotting time | minimum of 30 minutes |
Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Number of inversions | 5 |
Lavender Topped tube Test | Complete Blood Count (CBC), sedimentation rate, routine immunology testing |
Lavender Topped tube Additives | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) |
Lavender Topped Tube Specimen | Whole Blood |
Lavender Topped Tube Number of Inversions | 8 |
Light Blue Topped Tube Test | Coagulation test |
Light Blue Topped Tube Additives | Sodium Citrate to bind calcium to inhibit coagulation |
Light Blue Topped Tube Number of Inversions | 3-4 |
Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Test | Chemistry, serology, blood bank |
Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Additives in Plastic tubes | Clot Activators |
Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Additives in Glass tubes | none |
Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Specimen | Serum |
Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Amount of Inversions for plastic tubes | 5 |
Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Amount of inversions for glass tubes | 0 |
Red Plastic/Glass Tubes time it takes to clot | 60 minutes |
White/Pearl Topped Tubes Test | Viral Loads |
White/Pearl Topped Tubes Additives | Polymer gel with Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) |
White/Pearl Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
White/Pearl Topped Tubes Number of inversions | 8 |
Yellow Topped Tubes Test | Blood Culture |
Yellow Topped Tubes Additives | Sodium Polyanetholesulphate (SPS) to inhibit complement and phagocytosis |
Yellow Topped Tubes Specimen | Whole Blood |
Yellow Topped Tubes Use for Tube | to recover microorganisms causing blood infection |
Grey topped Tubes Test | Lactic Acid Measurement Glucose Tolerance test Fasting blood sugar (FBS) Blood alcohol Levels |
Grey Topped Tubes Additives | Antiglycolytic agent to preserve glucose |
Grey Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
Grey Topped Tubes How long iodoacetate preserves glucose | 24 hours |
Grey Topped Tubes How long Sodium Flouride preserves glucose | 3 days |
Grey Topped Tubes Number of inversions if Potassium Oxalate/Sodium Flouride is used | 8 |
Grey Topped Tubes Number of inversions if Sodium Flouride/Na2 EDTA is used | 8 |
Grey Topped Tubes Number of inversions if Sodium flouride is used | 8 |
Black Topped Tubes Test | Sedimentation rate if Lavender tubes is not used |
Black Topped Tubes Additives | Buffered sodium citrate |
Black Topped Tubes Specimen | Whole Blood |
Black Topped Tubes Importance of filling | Fill all the way to maintain 4:1 blood to citrate ratio |
Green Topped Tubes Test | Stat and routine chemistry tests ammonia electrolytes arterial blood gasses (ABGs) |
Green Topped Tubes Additives | Sodium heparin lithium heparin ammonium heparin all to prevent clotting |
Green Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
Green Topped Tubes Number of inversions if sodium heparin used | 8 |
Green Topped Tubes number of inversions if lithium heparin used | 8 |
Light Green/Green-Grey Topped Tubes Test | Stat and routine chemistry tests |
Light Green/Green-Grey Topped Tubes Additives | heparin to prevent coagulation and polymer gel (for separation) |
Light Green/Green-Grey Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
Light Green/Green-Grey Topped Tubes Number of inversions | 8 |
Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Test | Stat Chemistry |
Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Additives | Thrombin to activate clotting |
Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Specimen | Serum |
Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Number of inversions if thrombin is used with serum separating gel | 5-6 minutes |
Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Number of inversions if thrombin is used without serum separating gel | 8 minutes |
Royal Blue Test | Toxicology trace metals nutritional analysis |
Royal Blue Additives | Heparin or EDTA to prevent clotting or nothing |
Royal blue Specimen | Serum or Plasma |
Royal Blue topped tubes Number of inversions if heparin is used | 8 |
Royal Blue topped tubes Number of inversions if EDTA is used | 8 |
Tan Topped tubes Test | Lead analysis |
Tan topped tubes Additives | Heparin to prevent clotting |
Tan Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
Tan Topped tubes Number of inversions | 8 |
Pink Topped Tubes test | Blood Bank Compatibility |
Pink Topped tubes Additives | K2 EDTA |
Pink Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma or Whole Blood |
Pink Topped Tubes Number of inversions | 8 |
1st Tube in Order of draw (before light blue tubes) | Blood Culture tubes (Yellow Sterile) |
2nd Tube in Order of Draw (after blood cultures and before SST/Gold) | Light Blue Cotnains Sodium Citrate for Plasma |
3rd tube in order of Draw (after light blue and before Red/No Gel) | SST/Gold Contains Serum Separator (Thixotropic Gel) |
4th tube in order of draw (after SST/ Gold and before Green or light green) | Red |
5th tube in order of draw (after Red and before Lavender) | Green or light green Contains Sodium or Lithium heparin for plasma |
6th tube in order of draw (after Green or light green and before Royal Blue) | Lavender Contains EDTA for plasma |
7th tube in order of draw (after Lavender and before Gray) | Royal Blue Contains EDTA for plasma |
8th Tube in Order of Draw (after Royal Blue and before non sterile yellow) | Grey Contains Sodium Fluoride |
9th tube in order of draw (after grey) | Non-sterile yellow Contains ACD |
Non-sterile yellow topped tubes Test | Human Leukocyte antigen (HLA) for paternity and tissue typing |
Non-sterile yellow topped tubes Additives | Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD) |
Non-sterile yellow topped tubes Specimen | Whole Blood |
Non-sterile yellow topped tubes number of inversions | 8 |
What needs to be done in the event of using a light blue tube as the first one in the draw order | A discard tube needs to be drawn first |
Light Blue Tubes Department sent to | Coagulation department |
Gold or Tiger stripped topped tubes Department sent to | Chemistry |
Red topped tubes Department sent to | Chemistry |
Light Green/ Grey test tubes Department sent to | Chemistry |
Dark Green topped tubes Department sent to | Chemistry |
Lavender Topped Tubes Department sent to | Hematology |
Pink Topped Tubes Department Sent to | Blood Bank |
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