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Tube Top Order
- Yellow (sterile)
- Light Blue
- Red Specle Top / Gold
- Plain Red (glass)
- Green
- Lavender
- Grey
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Tube Top Tests
Yellow Sterile
Blood Culture
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Tube Top Test
Red Specle Top / Gold
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Tube Top Test
Plain Red (glass)
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Tube Top Test
Green
- Plasma Chemistry
- STAT chem test
- ABG
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Tube Top Test
Lavender
- Hematology
- CBC
- Sed Rate
- Antibody screening
- HgbA1C
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Tube Top Additives
Yellow Sterile
SPS
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Tube Top Additives
Light Blue
Sodium Citrate
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Tube Top Additives
Red Specled Top / Gold
- Clot Activators
- Thixotropic Gel
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Tube Top Additives
Plain Red Top (glass)
None
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Tube Top Additives
Green
Heparin
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Tube Top Additives
Lavender
EDTA
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Tube Top Additives
Gray
- Sodium Floride
- Potassium Oxalate
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Tube Top Specimen
Yellow Sterile
Whole blood
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Tube Top Specimen
Light Blue
Plasma
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Tube Top Specimen
Red Specled Top / Gold
Serum
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Tube Top Specimen
Plain Red (glass)
Serum
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Tube Top Specimen
Green
Plasma
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Tube Top Specimen
Lavender
Whole Blood
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Tube Top Specimen
Gray
Plasma
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Tube Top Notes
Yellow Sterile
- Inhibits phagocytosis
- Recover microorganisms
- Blood infections
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Tube Top Notes
Light Blue
- Fill completely
- Blood clotting
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Tube Top Notes
Red Specled Top / Gold
- STAT tube
- also called tiger top
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Tube Top Notes
Plain Red (glass)
- Blood clot 30 minutes
- Serum by centrifuge
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Tube Top Notes
Green
Nothing
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Tube Top Notes
Lavender
Calcium binding
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Tube Top Notes
Gray
- Preserves glucose
- Use soap and water to clean
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Tube Top
Black
- Test Sed Rate
- Uses Citrate
- Whole Blood
- Fill Completely
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Yellow Tube Top (Sterile)
- Blood Culture
- SPS
- Whole Blood
- Infection
- Use iodine to clean site
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Light Blue Tube Top
- Coagulation
- PT/PTT
- Citrate
- Plasma
- Fill
- Clotting
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Specled Red Top / Gold
- Chemistry, Blood Type
- Clot Activators
- Thixotropic Gel
- Serum
- STAT tube
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Plain Red Top (glass)
- Chemistry, Serology
- No Additives
- Serum
- Blood clot 30min
- Centrifuge
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Green Tube Top
- Plasma Chemistry, STAT chem test
- ABG
- Heparin
- Plasma
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Lavender Tube Top
- Hematology, CBC, Sed Rate, Antibody screen, HgbA1C
- EDTA
- Whole Blood
- Binds to calcium
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Gray Tube Top
- Glucose, FBS, Alcohol
- Floride, Oxalate
- Plasma
- Preserves glucose
- Clean with soap and water only
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