Laboratory Tube Collection
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Marble or Gold (SST) Tube
Additive: Clot activator and gel for serum separation
requires 5 tube inversions
clotting time of 30 minutes
Red (Glass) Tube
No additive
silicone coated glass
requires 60 minutes clotting time
Light Green Tube
Additive: Lithium heparin and gel for plasma separation
requires 8 tube inversions
no clotting time required
Green Tube
Additive: Lithium heparin
8 tube inversions
no clotting time
Preferred for STAT general chemistry
Gray Tube
Sodium Fluoride/Potassium Oxalate
requires 8 tube inversions
no clotting time required.
Purple Tube
Spray-coated K2EDTA (plastic)
requires 8 tube inversions
no clotting time required
Pink Tube
Spray-coated K2EDTA (plastic)
requires 8 tube inversions
no clotting time required
Blue Tube
sodium citrate
requires 3-4 tube inversions
no clotting time required
Clear/Blue Tube
K2EDTA (plastic)
requires 8 tube inversions
no clotting time required
Royal Blue Tube
K2EDTA (plastic)
requires 8 tube inversions
no clotting time required
Serum Royal Blue Tube
Clot Activator (plastic serum)
requires 8 tube inversions
clotting time of 30 minutes
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