BLOOD COLLECTION TUBES Flashcards
ORDER OF DRAW COLORS
Yellow
Light Blue
Red
Gold
Light Green
Green
EDTA / Lavender
Gray
Yellow | Blood Collection Tube:
Blood Cultures - SPS
Light Blue | Blood Collection Tube:
Citrate Tube
Red | Blood Collection Tube:
Serum Tube
Gold | Blood Collection Tube:
BD Vacutainer SST Gel Separator Tube
Light Green | Blood Collection Tube:
BD Vacutainer PST with Gel Separator Tube with Heparin
Green | Blood Collection Tube:
Heparin Tube
EDTA/ Lavender | Blood Collection Tube
EDTA Tube
Gray | Blood Collection Tube
Fluoride (glucose) Tube
Yellow | Additive
Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate (SPS)
Light Blue | Additive
Sodium Citrate
Red | Additive
None
Gold | Additive
Clot activator and gel for serum separation
Light Green | Additive
Lithium Heparin and gel for plasma separation
Green | Additive
Heparin
Lavender/EDTA | Additive
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Gray | Additive
Sodium Fluoride
Yellow | Inversions
8-10
Light Blue | Inversions
3-4
Red | Inversions
Plastic : 5
Glass: None
Gold | Inversions
5
Light Green | Inversions
8-10
Green | Inversions
8-10
EDTA | Inversions
8-10
Gray | Inversions
8-10
Yellow | Laboratory Uses
SPS for blood culture specimen collections
Ex. DNA and Paternity Testing
Light Blue | Laboratory Uses
For coagulation determinations
Red | Laboratory Uses
Serum determinations
Gold | Laboratory Uses
Serum determinations
Light Green | Laboratory Uses
Plasma determinations
Green | Laboratory Uses
Plasma determinations
Lavender | Laboratory Uses
For whole blood hematology determinations
Gray | Laboratory Uses
Glucose determinations