Vacuum Tube Additives

Question 1

Lavender additive

Answer 1

EDTA

Question 2

Lavender test

Answer 2

CBC

Question 3

Light blue additive

Answer 3

sodium citrate

Question 4

Light blue test

Answer 4

coagulation studies

Question 5

Black additive

Answer 5

buffered sodium citrate

Question 6

Black test

Answer 6

sed rate

Question 7

Green additive

Answer 7

heparin

Question 8

Green test

Answer 8

ammonia levels (and other chemistry tests)

Question 9

Light green or green/black additive

Answer 9

lithium heparin w/ gel separator

Question 10

Light green or green/black test

Answer 10

chemistry tests

Question 11

Yellow/gray or orange additive

Answer 11

clot activator (thrombin)

Question 12

Yellow/gray or orange test

Answer 12

STAT chemistry

Question 13

Gray additive

Answer 13

additive to preserve glucose

Question 14

Gray test

Answer 14

glucose + blood alcohol

Question 15

Royal blue additive

Answer 15

plain or sodium heparin

Question 16

Royal blue test

Answer 16

trace metals

Question 17

Yellow additive

Answer 17

acid citrate dextrose

Question 18

Yellow test

Answer 18

special studies in blood bank

Question 19

Sterile yellow additive

Answer 19

sodium polyanetholesulfonate (SPS)

Question 20

Sterile yellow test

Answer 20

blood cultures

Question 21

Red/gray speckled or gold additive

Answer 21

clot activator and gel separator

Question 22

Red/gray speckled or gold test

Answer 22

chemistry tests

Question 23

Red additive

Answer 23

nothing

Question 24

Red test

Answer 24

serum testing

Question 25

Pink additive

Answer 25

EDTA w/ spray-dried K2

Question 26

Pink test

Answer 26

blood bank collections