Blood Specimens Flashcards
Red Top Tube contains…
No anticoagulant or preservative
Red Top Tube Use:
Serum must be separated within:
Serum or clotted whole blood.
Serum must be separated within 45 min to 2 hours depending on the test.
Gold Top Serum Separator Tube contains:
clot activator and gel for separating serum from cells, but not an anticoagulant.
Do not use Gold Top Serum Separator to:
Submit specimens for therapeutic drug monitoring.
Lavender Top Tube contains:
K2 EDTA
K2 EDTA is an anticoagulant
EDTA is a binding chemical
Lavender Top Tube use:
EDTA whole blood or plasma.
Serum gets sent out in lavender top,
Plasma gets sent in a plastic transport tube.
Plasma is:
the liquid that remains when clotting is prevented with the addition of an anticoagulant.
Serum is:
the liquid that has remained after the blood has clotted.
Blue Top Tube contains:
Sodium Citrate.
Blue Top Tube use:
Sodium citrate plasma.
Green Top Tube contains:
Sodium Heparin or Lithium Heparin
Green Top Tube Use:
Heparinized whole blood or plasma.
What is Heparin?
A blood thinner
White Top Tubes Contain:
EDTA and a special polyester material
White Top Tubes Contain:
EDTA and a special polyester material
