Evacuated Tubes

Question 1

Yellow (sterile) tube additives

Answer 1

Sodium polyanetholesulfinate (sps)

Question 2

Yellow (sterile) tube tests

Answer 2

Recover microorganisms causing blood infections

Question 3

Yellow (sterile) tube specimen

Answer 3

Whole blood

Question 4

Light blue tube additives

Answer 4

Sodium citrate

Question 5

Light blue tube tests

Answer 5

Coagulation tests

Question 6

Light blue tube specimens

Answer 6

Plasma

Question 7

Red tube additives (plastic and glass)

Answer 7

Clot activators in silicone coated plastic
None in glass

Question 8

Red tube tests

Answer 8

Chemistry, serology, blood bank

Question 9

Red tube specimens

Answer 9

Serum

Question 10

Lavender tube additives

Answer 10

EDTA

Question 11

Lavender tube tests

Answer 11

CBC, sedimentation rate, routine immunohematology

Question 12

Lavender tube specimen

Answer 12

Whole blood

Question 13

White tube additives

Answer 13

Polymer gel with EDTA

Question 14

White tube tests

Answer 14

Viral loads

Question 15

White tube specimens

Answer 15

Plasma

Question 16

Gold BD hemogard closure or red-gray tube additives

Answer 16

Clot activators, polymer gel

Question 17

Gold bd hemogard closure or red-gray tube tests

Answer 17

Most chemistry tests, infectious disease testing

Question 18

Gold be hemogard or red-gray specimens

Answer 18

Serum

Question 19

What are SST tubes and tiger-speckled tubes

Answer 19

SST are gold bd hemogard closure tubes
Tiger-speckled are red-gray tubes

Question 20

Gray tube additives

Answer 20

NaFl only (serum) or NaFl in addition to potassium oxalate or EDTA (plasma)

Question 21

Gray tube tests

Answer 21

Lactic acid measurements, glucose tolerance tests, fasting blood sugar, blood alcohol levels

Question 22

Gray tube specimens

Answer 22

Plasma or serum
Serum is NaFl only

Question 23

Black tube additives

Answer 23

Buffered sodium citrate

Question 24

Black tube tests

Answer 24

Sedimentation rate

Question 25

Black tube specimen

Answer 25

Whole blood

Question 26

Green tube additives

Answer 26

Sodium heparin or lithium heparin

Question 27

Green tube tests

Answer 27

Routine chemistry tests, ammonia, electrolytes, arterial blood gases (depends on additive)

Question 28

Green tube specimen

Answer 28

Plasma

Question 29

Light green or green-gray tube additives

Answer 29

Lithium heparin, polymer gel

Question 30

Light green or green-gray tube tests

Answer 30

Stat and routine chemistry tests

Question 31

Light green or green-gray specimen

Answer 31

Plasma

Question 32

What tubes are plasma separator tubes (pst tubes)

Answer 32

Light green or green-gray

Question 33

Orange bd hemogard or yellow-gray tube additives

Answer 33

Thrombin with or without gel separator

Question 34

Orange bd hemogard or yellow-gray tube tests

Answer 34

Stat chemistry

Question 35

Orange bd hemogard or yellow-gray specimen

Answer 35

Serum

Question 36

What are rapid serum tubes (rst)

Answer 36

Orange bd hemogard or yellow-gray

Question 37

Royal blue additives

Answer 37

K2EDTA or none

Question 38

Royal blue tests

Answer 38

Toxicology, trace metals, nutritional analysis

Question 39

Royal blue tube specimen

Answer 39

Plasma or serum

Question 40

Tan tube additives

Answer 40

K2EDTA or heparin

Question 41

Tan tube tests

Answer 41

Lead anaylsis

Question 42

Tan tube specimen

Answer 42

Plasma

Question 43

Yellow (acid) tube tests

Answer 43

Human leukocyte antigen (HLaa) studies (paternity and tissue typing)

Question 44

Yellow (acid) additives

Answer 44

Trisodium citrate with citric acid and dextrose

Question 45

Yellow (acid) specimen

Answer 45

Whole blood

Question 46

Pink tube additives

Answer 46

K2EDTA

Question 47

Pink tube tests

Answer 47

Blood bank compatibility test

Question 48

Pink tube specimen

Answer 48

Whole blood or plasma

Question 49

Order of draw Yes Be Ready to Stop Greet Listen Go

Answer 49

Yellow Light blue Red, no additive (plastic or glass) SST/tiger speckled (gold bd hemogard or red-gray tubes) Green Lavender Gray (always last)