Blood Bottles - Colours

Question 1

Blood bottles - three types

Answer 1

Silver top for paeds (Aerobic), Blue for Aerobic and Purple for Anaerobic

Question 2

Order of draw in colours

Answer 2

Blood bottle cultures, light blue, red, gold, green, purple, pink, dark blue, grey

Question 3

Light Blue

Answer 3

Sodium Citrate (irreversible anticoagulating)

Question 4

Red

Answer 4

Clot Activator / plain (manufacturer dependant)

Question 5

Gold

Answer 5

Clot activator silica + separation gel (SST - serum separating tube)

Question 6

Green

Answer 6

Lithium Heparin (light, + separating gel), Sodium Heparin (dark)

Question 7

Purple

Answer 7

EDTA (anticoagulation agent)

Question 8

Pink

Answer 8

EDTA for Crossmatch (transfusions)

Question 9

Royal Blue

Answer 9

EDTA / plain (trace elements)

Question 10

Grey

Answer 10

Fluoride Oxalate (useful for diabetic complications)

Question 11

Purple tops contain EDTA. What is the full term of this? + what it binds to in the body

Answer 11

Additive Ethylene’diamine’tetra’acetic, binds to Calcium in blood

Question 12

What three colours usually contain EDTA?

Answer 12

Purple, pink, royal blue