Additives
What color top tube has the additives sodium fluoride, an antiglycolytic agent, and Potassium Oxalate, which is an anticoagulant?
Gray Top Tube
What is the additive of sterile bottles?
Nutrient Broth
What color top tube has the common test of PT, PTT, and aPTT
Serum (red stripe) and Plasma (blue/lavender stripe)
It is drawn in the order of the additive. (1) Royal blue with a red stripe does not have an additive and will yield serum. It is drawn right after the light-blue tube before other serum tubes. (2) Royal blue with a blue/lavender line has the anticoagulant EDTA and will yield plasma. It is drawn after lavender/purple tubes. To ensure proper mixing of additive, anticoagulant, and blood, invert sample 8 times after collection.
What color top tube has an additive of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Potassium EDTA)
What does blood culture bottles contain?
SPS - Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate
What color top tube has the common test for pregnancy tests?
Red Top Tube
What does not yield anything?
Sterile bottles
What laboratory is responsible for testing the samples from the Pink Top Tube?
What color top tube has an additive of sodium citrate, an anticoagulant?
Light Blue Top Tube
What are sterile bottles used for?
When a patient shows symptoms of a systemic infection or has a Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO), a blood culture is performed to determine the presence of pathogenic or infectious microorganisms in the bloodstream.
What color top tube has the common test of Ammonia?
What does the Red Top Tube yield?
Serum
What is EDTA?
EDTA is Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid, which is an anticoagulant. It inhibits coagulation by binding to calcium present in the specimen
What color test tube has no additive at all?
The Red Color Top Tube.
What are the common tests of sterile bottles and what are the collection methods?
Blood culture x2. Blood cultures are ordered in sets of two (BC x2), each set consisting of two bottles: aerobic (w/oxygen) and anaerobic (w/o oxygen). It also requires a strict aseptic technique.
What color top tube has the common tests of ESR, Sickle Cell Screening, and CBC?
1. (red top tube)
What is Heparin and in what top tube is it used for?
Heparin is an anticoagulant in green top tubes that works by inhibiting thrombin in the coagulation cascade.
What color test tube has the additive NONE/EDTA?
The Royal Blue Top Tube
Describe to me the strict aseptic technique.
What color top tube has the common tests of OGTT, Lactic Acid, and Alcohol (Ethanol) levels?
What color top tubes yield plasma?
Light Blue Top Tube, Dark Green Top Tube, Lavender or Light/Dark Purple, Pink Top Tube, Gray Top Tube, Royal Blue Top Tube. (6)
What does sodium citrate prevent?
It prevents coagulation by binding to calcium in the specifimen