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Gold or red grey tiger top tubes contain what? What are they used for? |
Clot activator. Serum determinations in chemistry. Blood donor screening. |
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What are typical clotting times? Tiger top |
30 minutes. |
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What do light green or green/grey tops contain? What do we use them for? |
They contain lithium heparin and gel for plasma separation. Plasma determinations in chemistry |
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What do red tops contain? What are they used for? What is the clotting time for this type of tube? |
They contain silicone for clot activator. Serum determinations for chemistry. May be used for blood donor screening. Clotting time is 60 minutes. |
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What does an orange top tube contain? What is this tube used for? What is the clotting time for this tube? |
Thrombin-based clot activator with gel for serum separation. For stat serum determinations in chemistry Clotting time is 5 minutes. |
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What does the royal blue top tube contain? What is it typically used for? |
Clot activator (K2EDTA) Trace element, toxicology and nutritional-chemistry determinations. |
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What does a green top tube contain? What is it typically used for? |
Sodium heparin or lithium heparin. Plasma determinations in chemistry. |
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What does a gray top tube contain? What is it used for? For fun, what do the additives do? |
Potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride (+/- EDTA) Glucose determinations. Oxalate and EDTA anticoagulants will give plasma samples. Sodium fluoride is the antiglycolytic agent. |
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What does the tan top tube contain? What is it used for? |
K2EDTA Lead determinations |
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What is a yellow top tube used for? |
Blood culture, Blood bank studies, DNA and paternity testing. |
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What does a lavender top tube contain? What is it used for? What is another tube color used for the same purpose? |
EDTA Whole blood hematology determinations Pink top |
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What do light blue top tubes contain? What are they typically used for? |
Sodium citrate Coagulation determinations, platelet function assays |
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Clear or sometimes white top tubes have what? What are they typically used for? |
none Whatever, they don't have any additives. Urine. |
