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Culture Bottles
Light Blue
Red/Black
Red
Dark Green (or Tan)
Light Green (or Tan)
Lavender (or Tan)
Royal Blue
Grey
-Tubes with other Additives-
Yellow |
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| Clot Activator and Gel Seperator |
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| Na- (dark) or Li- (light) Heparin |
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Glass - Na Heparin
Plastic - Potassium EDTA |
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Sodium EDTA
(also listed: sodium heparin and none) |
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| Sodium Fluoride - Glucose stabilizer |
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| ACD (acid citrate dextrose) |
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| Inversion count for Lavender |
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| Inversion count for Light Blue |
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| Inversion count for Red/Black |
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| Inversion count for Green |
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| How do you separate serum for Red tubes? |
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1) Allow the serum to stand for an hour at room temperture - lets blood clot
2) Spin for 10 - 15 minutes
3) Pour into transport vial and label with appropriate specimen type |
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| Light Blue Tube Laboratory Use |
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Definition
For Coagulation Determinations
(Some tests might require chilled specimens)
Special Note about Light Blue: When collecting on a butterfly set use a discard tube before drawing Light Blue tube. |
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| Red/Black Tube Laboratory Use |
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| For Serum determinations in chemistry and serology. Should not be used for toxicology or drug testing. Blood clotting time of 30 minutes. |
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| For serum determinations in chemistry and serology, as well as for toxicology and drug testing. Bot recommended for blood banking. Clotting with 60 minutes. |
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| Green Tube Laboratory Use |
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| For plasma determinations in chemistry |
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| For lead determinations. Inversions prevent clotting. |
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| Royal Blue Tube Laboratory Use |
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| For trace-element, toxicology, and nutritional-chemistry determinations. |
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Grey Tube Laboratory Use
(white label) |
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| For glucose determinations. Potassium Oxalate or Sodium EDTA provide plasma samples. |
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Yellow Tube Laboratory Use
(white label with yellow horizontal strip) |
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| Liquid ACD for use in blood bank studies, DNA testing, and HLA phenotyping |
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| Specimens that should be chilled after collection |
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Definition
Ammonia - Lavender
Blood Gases [only arterial? (if not analyzed within 30 minutes)]
Catecholamines - Green
Gastrin - Red/Black
Lactic Acid - Grey
Parathyroid Hormone
Pyruvate - Lavender |
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| Specimens that should be kept warm after collection |
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Definition
Cold Agglutinins - Red/Black
Cryofibrinogen - Red/Black & Lavender
Cryoglobulins - Red |
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| Specimens that should be protected from light after collection |
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Definition
Bilirubin - Red/Black
Beta-Carotene - Red/Black
Folate - depends
Porphyrins - lavender or urine
Vitamin A - Red/Black
Vitamin B6 - lavender |
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