LBU5 Flashcards
3 types of additives
Liquid, Spray-dried, powder
Categories of Blood Collection Additives
- Anticoagulants
- Special-use anticoagulants
- Antiglycolytic agents
- Clot activators
- Thixotropic gel separator
- Trace element-free tubes
Gold Tubes
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
- blood clotting time
I : 5
A : Clot Activator and gel for serum separation
L : Serum determination, routine blood donor screening, diagnostic testing of serum for infectious disease
BCT : 30 minutes
Light Green
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 8
A : Lithium Heparin and gel for plasma separation
L : For plasma determinations
Red
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
- blood clotting time
I : 0 (glass), 5 (plastic)
A : Silicone coated (glass)
- Clot activator, Silicone coated (plastic)
L : Serum determination, routine blood donor screening, diagnostic testing of serum for infectious disease
BCT : 60 minutes
Orange
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
- blood clotting time
I : 5-6
A : Thrombin-based clot activator with gel for serum separation, Thrombin-based clot activator
L : For Stat Serum Determinations
BCT : 5 minutes
Royal Blue
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 8
A : Clot activator, K2 EDTA (plastic)
L : Trace-element, toxicology, and nutritional-chemistry determinations
Green
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 8
A : Sodium Heparin, Lithium Heparin
L : For Plasma Determinations
Gray
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 8
A : Potassium oxalate / Sodium Fluoride, Sodium Fluoride / Na2 EDTA, Sodium Fluoride (Serum Tube)
L : For Glucose determinations and Plasma samples (Oxalate and EDTA)
Tan
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 8
A : K2 EDTA (plastic)
L : Lead determinations
Yellow
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 8
A : Sodium polyethanol sulfonate (SPS), Acid citrate dextrose additives (ACD)
L : Blood culture specimen collections (SPS), Blood Bank Studies, HLA phenotyping, DNA & paternity testing (ACD)
Lavender
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 8
A : Liquid K3 EDTA (glass), Spray-coated K2 EDTA (plastic)
L : Whole blood Hematology determinations, Routine immunohematology, Blood Donor Screening
White
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 8
A : K2 EDTA and gel for plasma separation
L : Molecular diagnostic test methods (PCR, branched DNA amplification)
Pink
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 8
A : Spray-coated K2 EDTA (plastic)
L : Whole blood Hematology determinations, Routine immunohematology, Blood Donor Screening
Light Blue
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 3-4
A : Buffered sodium citrate, CTAD (citrate, theophyline, adenosine, dypyrimadole)
L : For coagulation determinations, CTAD - selected platelet function assays and routine coagulation determination
Clear
- inversion
- additive
- laboratory use
I : 0
A : None (plastic)
L : As a discard tube or secondary specimen tube
Blood Collection Additives that are Anticoagulants
– Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)
– Citrate
– Heparin
– Oxalate
Color of Tubes that contain EDTA
Lavender, White, Pink, Tan, Royal Blue
Color of Tubes that contain Citrate
Light Blue, Clear
Color of Tubes that contain Heparin
Green, Light Green
Color of Tubes that contain Oxalate
Gray
Blood Collection Additives that are Special Anticoagulants
– Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate (SPS)
– Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD)
– Citrate Phosphate Dextrose (CPD)