Phlebotomy Tubes
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14 Terms
Yellow tube
Additive: SPS
Purpose: Blood cultures
8-10 inversions
Light blue tube
Additive: Sodium citrate
Purpose: Coagulation tests
3-4 inversions
Red tube
Additive: Clot activators
Purpose; Chemistry, serology, blood bank
5-6 inversions
Gold/tiger tube
Additive: Clot activator
Purpose: Most chemistry tests
5-6 inversions
Green tube
Purpose: Stat and routine chemistry tests, ammonia, electrolytes, arterial blood gases
Additive: Heparin
8-10 inversions
Light green tube
Purpose: Stat and routine chemistry tests
Additive: Heparin
8-10 inversions
Lavender tube
Additive: EDTA
Purpose: CBC, sedimentation rate, and routine immunohematology testing
8-10 inversions
Pink tube
Additive: EDTA
Purpose: Blood bank
8-10 inversions
Gray tube
Additive: Iodoacetate or sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate or heparin
Purpose: Lactic acid measurement, glucose intolerance test, fasting blood sugar, and blood alcohol levels
8-10 inversions
Tan tube
Additive: Heparin
Purpose: Lead analysis
8-10 inversions
Pearl tube
Additive: EDTA
Purpose: Viral loads
8-10 inversions
Orange tube
Additive: Thrombin
Purpose: Stat chemistry
8-10 inversions
Royal blue tube
Additive: EDTA, heparin, or none
Purpose: Toxicology, trace metals, nutritional analysis
8-10 inversions
Black tube
Additive: Sodium citrate
Purpose: Sedimentation rate
8-10 inversions
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