Vacutainer Blood Collection and Vascular Anatomy Review

This flashcard set covers the specific additives, laboratory uses, and clinical requirements for various BD Vacutainer blood collection tubes, along with basic vascular anatomy concepts.

Gold BD Vacutainer Closure

Contains clot activator and gel for serum separation; used for chemistry determinations and routine blood donor screening; requires 5 inversions and 30 minutes clotting time.

Light Green BD Vacutainer Closure

Contains Lithium heparin and gel for plasma separation; used for plasma determination in chemistry; requires 8 inversions.

Red (Plastic) BD Vacutainer Closure

Contains clot activator; used for routine blood donor screening and diagnostic testing of serum for infectious disease; requires 5 inversions and 60 minutes clotting time.

Royal Blue BD Vacutainer Closure

Specific for trace-element, toxicology, and nutritional-chemistry determinations; formulated for low levels of trace elements; may contain clot activator or EDTA.

Green BD Vacutainer Closure

Contains sodium heparin or lithium heparin for plasma determinations in chemistry; requires 8 inversions to prevent clotting.

Gray BD Vacutainer Closure

Contains Potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride, Sodium fluoride/Na2 EDTA, or Sodium fluoride; used for glucose determinations where sodium fluoride acts as the antiglycolytic agent.

Tan BD Vacutainer Closure

Contains K2EDTA (plastic) and is certified to contain less than $0.01\,\mu g/mL$ (ppm) lead; used for lead determinations.

Yellow BD Vacutainer (SPS)

Contains Sodium polyanethol sulfonate for blood culture specimen collections in microbiology.

Yellow BD Vacutainer (ACD) Solution A

Contains $22.0\,g/L$ trisodium citrate, $8.0\,g/L$ citric acid, and $24.5\,g/L$ dextrose; used for blood bank studies and HLA phenotyping.

Yellow BD Vacutainer (ACD) Solution B

Contains $13.2\,g/L$ trisodium citrate, $4.8\,g/L$ citric acid, and $14.7\,g/L$ dextrose; used for DNA and paternity testing.

Lavender BD Vacutainer Closure

Contains liquid K3EDTA (glass) or spray-coated K2EDTA (plastic); used for whole blood hematology determinations and routine immunohematology testing.

Pink BD Vacutainer Closure

Contains spray-coated K2EDTA; designed with a special cross-match label for patient information required by the AABB for immunohematology testing.

Light Blue BD Vacutainer Closure

Contains buffered sodium citrate ($0.105\,M$ or $0.109\,M$ / $3.2\%$); used for coagulation determinations; requires 3 to 4 inversions.

Capillaries

Small blood vessels made of Epithelium Cells.

Connective Tissue

In the context of blood vessels, this tissue type is found in the Tunica Adventia.

Tunica Adventia

The layer of a blood vessel that helps to keep the artery open.