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Tubes Flashcards

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Yellow, sterile

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Tests: blood cultures
Additives: SPS to inhibit phagocytosis
Specimen: whole blood
Note: use to recover microorganisms causing blood infection

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Light blue

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Tests: Coagulation tests
Additives: sodium citrate
Specimen: Plasma
Note: fill tube completely

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Red(glass)

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Tests: chemistry, serology, blood bank
Additives: none
Specimen: serum
Note: 60 minutes to clot

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Red(plastic)

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Tests: chemistry, serology, blood bank
Additives: clot activators
Specimen: serum
Note: 60 minutes to clot

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Gold/Tiger speckled

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Tests: most chemistry tests
Additives: clot activators, polymer gel
Specimen: serum
Note: also called serum separator tubes (SSTs)

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Green

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Tests: stat/routine chemistry tests, ammonia, electrolytes, ABGs, depending on heparin additive

Additives: sodium heparin, lithium heparin, or ammonium heparin

Specimen: plasma

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Light green/Green gray

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Tests: stat and routine chemistry tests
Additives: heparin, polymer gel
Specimen: plasma
Note: also called plasma separator tubes (PSTs)

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Tan

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Tests: lead analysis
Additives: heparin
Specimen: plasma
Note: contains less than .1 mcg/mL of lead

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Royal blue

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Tests: toxicology, trace metals, nutritional analysis
Additives: heparin, EDTA, or none
Specimen: plasma or serum
Note: tubes are chemically clean, special stoppers don’t release contaminates

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Lavender

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Tests: CBC, sed rate, routine immunohematology testing
Additives: EDTA
Specimen: whole blood
Note: K2 EDTA spray dried onto tube sides

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Pink

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Tests: blood bank compatibility test
Additives: K2 EDTA
Specimen: plasma or whole blood
Note: similar to lavender, but pink is used by blood banks

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Gray

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Tests: lactic acid, glucose tolerance test, fasting blood sugar, blood alcohol levels
Additives: iodoacetate or sodium fluoride(antiglycolytic)
Specimen: plasma
Note: iodoacetate preserves glucose for 24 hours
sodium fluoride preserves glucose for 3 days

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Orange/Yellow gray

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Tests: stat chemistry
Additives: thrombin
Specimen: serum
Note: 5 minutes to clot, used for patients on anticoagulant therapy

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Black

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Tests: sed rate
Additives: buffered sodium citrate
Specimen: whole blood
Note: fill tube completely, often done with lavender instead

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Pearl

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Tests: viral loads
Additives: polymer gel with EDTA
Specimen: plasma

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Yellow, non sterile

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Tests: human leukocyte antigen (HLA) test
Additives: acid citrate dextrose
Specimen: whole blood
Note: dextrose nourishes/preserves RBCs
citate is the anticoagulant
used for paternity testing and tissue typing

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If a tube has an expiration date of 12.05.11,

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tubes may be used through 12.05.11

Phlebotomy Review 1 (10 decks)

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