Phlebotomy Collection Tube Colors

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Red Top Additive

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Additive: None



Test: Serum Chemistries, Immunology and Serology, Blood Bank (crossmatch)

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Collection tube top colors-How many are there?

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14

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Red Top(Plastic tube)

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Additives: Clot activators

Mode of action: serum

Test: Chemistry and serology

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Red Top Effects on Specimen collected

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Blood clots, and the serum is seperated by centrifugation

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Red Top Tests

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Test: Serum Chemistries, Immunology and Serology, Blood Bank (crossmatch)

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Pink Top Additive

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Additive: Potassium EDTA(K2 EDTA)

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Pink Tube Effects on Specimen

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Forms calcium salts

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Pink Tube Tests

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Test: Molecular/viral load testing

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Tan Top Additive

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Additive Sodium heparin

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Tan Top Effects on Specimen

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Inactivates thrombin and thromboplastin; Contains virtually no lead.

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Tan Tube Tests

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Test: Serum Lead determination

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Orange Top Additive

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Additive: Thrombin

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Orange Tube Effects on Specimen

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Quickly clots blood

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Orange Tube Tests

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Test: STAT serum chemistries

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Black Top Additive

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Additive: Sodium citrate (buffered)

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Black Tube Effects on Specimen

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Forms calcium salts to remove calcium

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Black Tube Tests

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Test: Sedimentation rate

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Yellow Top(Sterile) Additive

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Additive: SPS(sodium polyethanol sulfonate)

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Yellow Top(Sterile) Effects on Specimen

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Preserves viability of microorganisms.

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Yellow Top(Sterile) Tests

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Test: Microbiology-aerobes, aneaerobes, fungi

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Yellow Top(Non sterile) Additive

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Additive: ACD (acid-citrate-dextrose)

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Yellow Top(Non sterile) Effects on Specimen

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Mode of action: Complement inactivation.

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Yellow Top(Non sterile) Tests

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Test: HLA tissue typing, paternity testing, DNA studies

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Gray Top Additive

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Sodium fluoride( preserves 3days) and potassium oxalate

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Gray Top Effect on specimen

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Antiglycolytic agent preserves glucose up to 5 days

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Gray Top Test:

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Lithium levels

glucose tolerance test, (Full Tube)

blood alcohol levels.

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Royal Blue Additive:

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Sodium Heparin,

EDTA

or none

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Royal Blue Effects on specimen

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Forms Calcium Salts

Tube is designed to contain no contaminating metals.

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Royal Blue Test:

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Toxicology,

trace metals(zinc, copper, lead, mercury)

Drug level testing

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Green Top Additive:

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Sodium heparin, lithium heparin or Ammonium heparin

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Green Top Effects on specimen

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Inactivates thrombin and thromboplastin

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Green Top Test:

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Ammonia Lactate

HLA Testing

For lithium level, use sodium heparin.

For ammonia level, use sodium or lithium heparin.

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Light Blue Top Additive:

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Sodium Citrate .105M or .129M

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Light Blue Top Test:

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Coagulation tests (PT, PTT TCT, CMV),

FULL DRAW required.

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Light Blue Top Effects on Specimen

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Forms calcium salts to remove calcium

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Lavender Tube

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Additive: EDTA

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Lavender Tube Effects on Specimen

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Forms calcium salts to remove calcium

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Lavender Tube Test:

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Hematology (CBC) and Blood Bank (Crossmatch);

FULL DRAW-

invert 8 times to prevent clotting and platelet clumping.

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Light Green Tube Additive:

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Plasma Separating Tube (PST) with Lithium Heparin

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Light Green Tube effects on specimen

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Anticoagulates with lithium heparin; plasma is separated with PST get at the bottom of the tube.

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Light Green Tube Test:

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Stat potassium