BD Vacutainer® Venous Blood Collection

Question 1

Clot activator and gel for serum separation

Answer 1

Gold

Question 2

Lithium heparin and gel for plasma separation

Answer 2

Light Green
Green

Question 3

• Silicone coated (glass)

Answer 3

Red

Question 4

• Clot activator, Silicone coated (plastic)

Answer 4

Red

Question 5

Thrombin-based clot activator with gel for serum separation

Answer 5

Orange

Question 6

Thrombin-based clot activator

Answer 6

Orange

Question 7

Clot activator (plastic serum)

Answer 7

Royal Blue

Question 8

K2EDTA (plastic)

Answer 8

Royal Blue

Question 9

Sodium heparin

Question 10

Lithium heparin

Answer 10

Green

Question 11

Potassium oxalate/ sodium fluoride

Answer 11

Gray

Question 12

Sodium fluoride/Na2 EDTA

Answer 12

Gray

Question 13

Sodium fluoride (serum tube)

Answer 13

Gray

Question 14

K2EDTA (plastic)

Answer 14

Tan

Question 15

Sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS)

Question 16

Acid citrate dextrose additives (ACD):

Solution A
(?) trisodium citrate,
(?) citric acid
(?) dextrose

Answer 16

22.0 g/L
8.0 g/L
24.5 g/L

Question 17

Acid citrate dextrose additives (ACD):

Solution B
(?) trisodium citrate
(?) citric acid
(?) dextrose

Answer 17

13.2 g/L
4.8 g/L
14.7 g/L

Question 18

Liquid K3EDTA (glass)

Answer 18

Lavender

Question 19

Spray-coated K2EDTA (plastic)

Answer 19

Lavender

Question 20

K2EDTA and gel for plasma separation

Answer 20

White

Question 21

Spray-coated K2EDTA (plastic)

Answer 21

Pink

Question 22

Light Blue

Buffered sodium citrate
(?) glass
(?) plastic

Answer 22

0.105 M (3.2%)
0.109 M (3.2%)

Question 23

Citrate, theophylline, adenosine, dipyridamole (CTAD)

Answer 23

Light Blue

Question 24

None (plastic)

Answer 24

Clear

Question 25

For serum determinations in chemistry.

Answer 25

Gold
Red
Orange

Question 26

May be used for routine blood donor screening and diagnostic testing of serum for infectious disease.

Answer 26

Gold
Red

Question 27

Tube inversions ensure mixing of clot activator with blood.

Answer 27

Gold
Red
Orange

Question 28

Blood clotting time: 30 minutes.

Answer 28

Gold

Question 29

For plasma determinations in chemistry.

Answer 29

Light Green

Question 30

Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant (heparin) with blood to prevent clotting.

Answer 30

Light Green

Question 31

Blood clotting time: 60 minutes.

Answer 31

Red

Question 32

For stat serum determinations in chemistry.

Answer 32

Orange

Question 33

Blood clotting time: 5 minutes.

Answer 33

Orange

Question 34

Blood clotting time: 5 minutes.

Answer 34

Orange

Question 35

For trace-element, toxicology, and nutritional-chemistry determinations.

Answer 35

Royal Blue

Question 36

Special stopper formulation provides low levels of trace elements (see package insert).

Answer 36

Royal Blue

Question 37

Tube inversions ensure mixing of either clot activator or anticoagulant (EDTA) with blood.

Answer 37

Royal Blue

Question 38

For glucose determinations.

Answer 38

Gray

Question 39

Oxalate and EDTA anticoagulants will give plasma samples.

Answer 39

Gray

Question 40

Sodium fluoride is the antiglycolytic agent.

Answer 40

Gray

Question 41

Tube inversions ensure proper mixing of additive with blood.

Answer 41

Gray

Question 42

For lead determinations.

Answer 42

Tan

Question 43

This tube is certified to contain less than .01 g/mL(ppm) lead.

Answer 43

Tan

Question 44

Tube inversions prevent clotting.

Answer 44

Tan
Pink

Question 45

SPS for blood culture specimen collections in microbiology.

Answer 45

Yellow

Question 46

ACD for use in blood bank studies, HLA phenotyping, and DNA and paternity testing.

Answer 46

Yellow

Question 47

Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant with blood to prevent clotting.

Answer 47

Yellow

Question 48

K2EDTA and K3EDTA for whole blood hematology determinations. K2EDTA may be used for routine immunohematology testing, and blood donor screening.

Answer 48

Lavender

Question 49

Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant (EDTA) with blood to prevent clotting.

Answer 49

Lavender
White

Question 50

For use in molecular diagnostic test methods (such as, but not limited to, polymerase chain reaction [PCR] and/or branched DNA [bDNA] amplification techniques.)

Answer 50

White

Question 51

For whole blood hematology determinations.

Answer 51

Pink

Question 52

May be used for routine immunohematology testing and blood donor screening.

Answer 52

Pink

Question 53

Designed with special cross-match label for patient information required by the AABB.

Answer 53

Pink

Question 54

For coagulation determinations. CTAD for selected platelet function assays and routine coagulation determination.

Question 55

Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant (citrate) to prevent clotting.

Answer 55

Light Blue or Clear

Question 56

For use as a discard tube or secondary specimen tube.

Answer 56

Clear