Test Tubes/colors/diseases/systems

What color tube does an ESR blood test go in, and what system does it correlate to?

Lavander & Skeletal

What color tube does a CK blood test go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

Light green & Muscular, nervous, and cardiovascular

What color tube does Lactic acid go in, and what system does it correlate to?

Gray & Muscular

What color tube does CBC go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

Lavender & lymphatic, immune, and respiratory

What color tube does ABG go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

Dark green & respiratory, cardiovascular, and urinary

What color tube does NH3 ( ammonia) go in, and what system does it correlate to?

Lavander & Digestive

What color tube does glucose go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

Gray & Digestive

What color tube does zinc go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

Royal Blue & digestive, nervous, and endocrine

What color tube does A1c go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

Lavander & endocrine

What color tube does the lipid profile go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

gold or light green & Cardiovascular

What color tube does PT go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

light blue & cardiovascular

What color tube does rectic go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

Lavander & cardiovascular

What color tube does BUN go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

gold or light green & Urinary

What color tube does HCG go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

Dark green & reproductive

What color tube does PSA go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

gold or light green & reproductive

What color tube does xylose go in, and what systems does it correlate to?

red and digestive system

What tests need to be on ice?

ABG, NH3, Lactic acid

What tube does leukemia go in?

White/Pearl

what tube does cold aggulation go in?

Red

What tests need to be protected from light?

bilirubin, beta-carotene, B12

What tube does B12 go in?

Red top

What tube does a type and cross go in?

Pink

What tubes have no additive?

Red glass tube & clear discard tubes

Which color tubes have EDTA?

Lavender, pink, tan, white, royal blue

Which tube has sodium Citrate?

Light blue

Which tube has sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate?

Gray

Which tubes have heparin?

Dark green & light green

Which tubes have a clot activator?

Gold, red plastic tube, and some royal blue

Which tubes have thixotropic gel?

gold & light green

What is the order of draw?

Yellow SPS, light blue, red, gold/tiger top, royal blue with red strip. Orange, Dark green, light green, Lavander, Pink, royal blue with lavender strip, tan, white/pearl, gray, yellow ACD.

What is the micro tube order of draw?

Lavender, green, gray, red/gold

Which tubes are SST

gold and tiger top ( serum separator tubes)

Which tube is an RST

orange (rapid serum tube)

Which tubes are PST

Light green (Plasma separator tubes)

Which tubes are PPT tubes?

white/pearl (plasma preparation tubes)

What tests are common integumentary system diseases and disorders?

Antibody titers: rebella, rebeola, chickenpox, shingles. Also used to check for immune deficiency and autoimmune disease.

Immunoglobulin levels: seasonal allergies and immunodeficiency

What tests are common skeletal system diseases and disorders?

Alkaline Phosphate (ALP): bone tumors, Paget's disease.

Calcium (CA): Rickets and osteomalacia

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR): Arthritis

What tests are common for muscular system diseases and disorders?

Aldolase: muscular dystrophy, muscle cell damage, and infections in muscle tissue

Autoimmune antibodies: myasthenia gravis, polymyalgia rhemuatica, lupus.

Creatine Kinase (CK): general muscle damage, muscular dystrophy, skeletal muscle disease.

What tests are common for lymphatic and immune system diseases and disorders?

Antinuclear antibody panel (ANA): rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, scleroderma, thyroid disease.

Complete blood count (CDC): allergies, infection, anemia.

What tests are common for respiratory system diseases and disorders?

Arterial blood gases (ABG): respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis, COPD.

CBC: respiratory tract infections

COVID-19

DNA study: cystic fibrosis

Electrolytes: crushing syndrome, COPD, methanol poisoning.

What tests are common for Digestive system diseases and disorders?

Albumin: malnutrition, malabsorption, chronic liver disease.

Aldolase: chronic hepatitis, obstructive jaundice

Ammonia (NH3): hepatic encephalopathy

Light blue tube should be inverted how many times?

3-4 times

SST tubes should be inverted how many times?

5 times

Plain red tubes should be inverted how many times?

0 times

Blood cultures should be inverted how many times?

8-10 times

Light green/green tubes should be inverted how

8-10 times

Lavender/pink tubes should be inverted how many times?

8-10 times

Gray tubes should be inverted how many times?

8-10 times

what is in the buffy coat

white blood cells and platelets

what is in the plasma separator tubes after blood has been collected?

plasma, separator gel, red blood cells

what is in the serum separator tubes after blood has been collected?

serum, thixotropic gel, red blood cells

what are the serum separator tubes?

gold and tiger top

what tube does factor 5 go into

light blue