Blood bottles

Question 1

What colour blood bottle is used for Blood film, reticulocytes, Red Cell Folate , HbA1C, monospot for EBV, Parathyroid hormone, FBC, ESR

Answer 1

Purple (has EDTA do invert 8X)

Question 2

What colour bottle for FBC?

Answer 2

Purple (EDTA)

Question 3

What colour bottle for ESR?

Answer 3

Purple (EDTA)

Question 4

What colour bottle forHbA1C

Answer 4

Purple (EDTA)

Question 5

What is the pink blood bottle used for?

Answer 5

Whole blood samples sent to tranfusion lab for:

1) Group and save
2) Crossmatch
3) Direct Coomb’s test (for haemolytic anaemia)

***Pink tube has EDTA so invert 8X

Question 6

What is the blue bottle used for?

Answer 6

Haematology tests:

1) Coagulation screen
2) Bleeding time
3) Prothrombin time (PT)
4) Activated partial thromboplastin (APTT)
5) Thrombin time (TT)
6) Fibrinogen
7) D-dimer
8) INR
9) Activated partial thromboplastin ratio (APTR)
10) Anti-Xa assay

Question 7

What colour bottle is used for coagulation screen, bleeding time, prothrombin time and D-dimer blood tests?

Answer 7

Blue blood bottle (contains sodium citrate) used to test the following: 
Haematology tests:
1) Coagulation screen
2) Bleeding time
3) Prothrombin time (PT)
4) Activated partial thromboplastin (APTT)
5) Thrombin time (TT)
6) Fibrinogen
7) D-dimer
8) INR
9) Activated partial thromboplastin ratio (APTR)
10) Anti-Xa assay

Question 8

How many times does the blue bottle for haematological tests need to be inverted?

Answer 8

Blue bottle has sodium citrate and needs to be inverted 3 to 4 X

Question 9

What is the Gold / yellow blood tube used for?

Answer 9

Gold/yelllow blood tube is used for serum analysis - it is know as the serum separating tube. It needs to be inverted 5X.
Tests:
- U&Es
- CRP
- LFTs
- Amylase
- Bone profile
- Magnesium assay
- Iron studies
- lipid profile
- thyroid function test (TSH, T4/T3)
-vitamins
-troponins
-creatine kinase
-Urate

Question 10

What colour bottle is used for U&Es, LFTs and CRP?

Answer 10

Yellow / golden

Question 11

What colour bottle is used for Amylase, bone profile and iron studies?

Answer 11

Yellow / golden tube

Question 12

What colour bottle is used for thyroid function test (TSH, T4, T3)

Answer 12

Yellow / golden

Question 13

What colour bottle is used for troponin and creatine kinase?

Answer 13

yellow / golden

Question 14

What is the grey bottle used for?

Answer 14

• glucose

- lactate

Question 15

What does the grey bottle contain and how many times should it be inverted?

Answer 15

Grey bottle contains Sodium fluoride and anticoagulant.

needs to be inverted 8X

Question 16

In blood culture was type of bacteria does the blue bottle vs purple detect/

Answer 16

Blue = aerobic
Purple = anaerobic

Question 17

What colour bottle is used for group and save / crossmatch and how many times do you invert it?

Answer 17

Pink bottle

invert 8X as has EDTA

Question 18

What colour bottle detects Calcium, phosphate, magnesium and how many times do you invert it?

Answer 18

Yellow

invert 5X

Question 19

What colour bottle is used for coagulation scree, INR and D-dimer - how many times do you invert it?

Answer 19

blue

invert 4 times