common stopper colors, additives, sample type, and departments

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Light blue

Additive: sodium citrate

Sample type: plasma

Inversions: 3-4

Department: coagulation

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Red (glass)

Additive: none

Sample type: serum

Inversions: none

Department: chemistry, blood bank, serology/immunology

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Red (plastic)

Additive: clot activator

Sample type: serum

Inversions: 5-10

Department: chemistry

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Red/light gray, clear

Additive: none

Sample type: N/A

inversions: none

Department: N/A (discard tube only)

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Red/black (tiger), gold

Additive:clot activator and gel separator

Sample type:serum

Inversions:5-10

Department:chemistry

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Orange

Additive: thrombin-based clot activator, thrombin based clot activator and gel separator

Sample type: serum

Inversions: 5-6 and 8-10 for gel separator

Department: chemistry

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Green/gray, light green

additive: lithium heparin and gel separator

Sample type: plasma

Inversions: 8-10

department: chemistry

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Green

Additive: lithium heparin, sodium heparin

Sample type: plasma or whole blood

Inversions: 8-10

Department: chemistry

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Lavender (purple)

Additive: K2EDTA

Sample type: whole blood

Inversions: 8-10

Department: hematology

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Pink

Additive: K2EDTA

sample type: whole blood

Inversions: 8-10

Department: blood bank

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White (pearl)

Additive:K3EDTA and gel separator

Sample type: plasma

inversions: 8

Department: molecular diagnostics

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Tan

Additive: EDTA

Sample type: whole blood or plasma

Inversions: 8

Department: chemistry

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Gray - sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate

Sample type: Whole blood or plasma

Inversions: 8-10

Department: chemistry

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Gray- sodium fluoride and K2EDTA

Sample type: whole blood or plasma

Inversions: 8-10

Department: chemistry

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Gray- sodium fluoride

Sample type: serum

Inversions: 8-10

Department: chemistry

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Royal blue- clot activator

Sample type: serum

Inversions: 8

Department: chemistry

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Royal blue- K2EDTA

Sample type: whole blood or plasma

Inversions: 8

Department: chemistry

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Royal blue-sodium heparin

Sample type: plasma

Inversions: 8

Department: chemistry

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Yellow- sodium polyanethol sulfnoate (SPS)

Sample type- whole blood

Inversions: 8

Department: microbiology

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Yellow-acid citrate dextrose (ACD) A&B solutions

Sample type: whole blood or plasma

Inversions: 8

Department: blood bank/immunohematology