For coagulation determinations of plasma.
Light green top tube additive.
Light green green gray lithium heparin and gel for plasma separation 8 for plasma determinations in chemistry.
Green top tubes sodium or lithium heparin 5.
Solid light blue or clear light blue.
Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant heparin with blood to prevent clotting.
From the additive in the preceding tube.
The blue bottle is used for haematology tests involving the clotting system which require inactivated whole blood for analysis.
7 ml no additive red strip on label draw as 4 6 ml k2 edta blue strip on label draw as 7.
Yellow top tube 8 5 ml acd solution a 10.
Sodium citrate 3 2 0 109m stopper type.
4 gently laboratory use.
Blue top tube also light blue top tube.
If the blood has to be mixed with an additive gently invert the tube 4 to 10 times depending on the specimen tube being used.
Tubes with acd are for cellular studies hla typing paternity testing.
After the tube has been filled with blood immediately invert the tube 8 10 times to mix and ensure adequate anticoagulation of the specimen.
Some of the tubes used are those with light blue green gray dark blue and lavender or pink stoppers.
2 7 ml 1 8 ml pediatric tube only inversions.
Light blue top tubes sodium citrate 3.
Serum tubes with or without clot activator 4.
Binds and remove calcium to prevent blood from clotting.
Gray top tube 6 ml na flouride 9.
Whole blood plasma.
Other types of test other tests that are not classified as anticoagulant or coagulant use different tubes that contain specific additives or no additive at all.
Vacutainer brand sterile hematology tubes with the hemogard closure help to protect lab personnel from contact with blood on the stopper or around the outer rim of the tube as well as from blood splattering upon opening the tube.
The rubber stopper is recessed inside the plastic shield so any.
Draw royal blue top tubes in the order indicated by the additive.
Red red silicone coated glass clot activator silicone coated plastic 0 5 for serum determinations in chemistry.
Plastic tube 13 x 75.
Dark blue top tube 2 ml fibrin degradation product fdp tube.
Sodium citrate send whole blood in a blue top tube.
Lavender or pink top tubes potassium edta 6.
Contains sodium heparin or lithium heparin.
Tubes or bottles for blood cultures 2.
The additives present in the vacutainer tubes plays the most important role as every additive has a unique function and these are selected as per the tests to be performed.
Here is the list of color codes of the tube the additives present in them and their common uses.
Light blue stopper tube two types.
Light green top tube lithium heparin this tube contains lithium heparin and gel separator used for the collection of heparinized plasma for routine chemistry tests.
