Tubes and Their Tests Flashcards
Proper tube labelling has 7 steps, what are they?
- Last name, First name
- PHN or MRN
- Date of Birth (DOB) (DD-MMM-YYYY)
- M/F/X
- Tests requested
- Date and Time of collection
- Your Initials
Red Tube has what additives?
No additives
Light Blue Tube has what additives?
Sodium Citrate
Prevents the blood from clotting
Lavender Tube has what additives?
EDTA
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Gold Tube has what additives?
clot activators - polymer gel, thixotropic gel
Gray Tube has what additives?
iodoacetate, sodium fluoride;
may also have anticoagulant potassium oxalate or heparin
Black Tube has what additives?
Sodium Citrate
Green Tube has what additives?
sodium heparin;
may have gel
Light Green Tube has what additives?
lithium heparin, thixotropic gel
Orange Tube has what additives?
thrombin
Royal Blue Tube has what additives?
EDTA or none
What tubes need 3 inversions?
Light Blue
What tubes need 0 inversions?
Red and Black
What tubes need 5 inversions?
Gold or Red/Gray
What tubes need 8 inversions?
Lavender, Gray, Green
and Orange
Which tube has no specimen in it?
Lavender
whole blood
What colour tube is used for a CBC?
Lavender
What colour of tube is used for a thyroid test?
Island Health = Green
(the running man because it needs to be taken to the lab right away)
Island Health - the Island (logo) has GREEN mountains
Life Labs = Gold
(Chillin’ on the couch because it won’t be at the lab for a while)
Life Labs has a GOLD star
What is the order of draw by colour of vacutainer?
EDTA tests usually have what in the name?
Hema-
Some common tests with Light Blue Tube are…
PT/INR
PTT
Fibrinogen
D-Dimer
TEG
Common tests with a Green Tube are…
Test done in the hospital
Chemistry Tests
Electrolytes
Cardiac markers
Common tests with a Gold Tube are…
antigen/antibody tests - “Send out” tubes
Ionized Calcium
common name SST (serum Separator Tube)
Lavender tubes are commonly used for what tests?
CBC (white blood cell count, hemoglobin, platelets)
ESR (sed rate)
A1C (how patient maintains blood sugars)
Ammonia Levels
What tests are time sensitive before centrifuging?
60 minutes - Clozapine, Cryoglobulin, Cold Aggutinin
30 minutes - SST tubes
0 minutes - Electrolytes are not time sensitive
What tests on this tube need to kept cold?
None
What tests need to be kept on heat with this tube?
Cryoglobulin
Cold Agglutinin
What tests need to be refrigerated and what colour of tube?
CBC
HGA1
WBC
RBC
Plts
Hgb
Tacrolimus
Cyclosporine
What tests need to be kept on ice after venipuncture?
Homocysteine - Lavender
Ammonia - Green
