Tubes
Additives
Tests
Order of Draw
Departments
100
Used for glucose testing.
What is Gray
100
Sodium Citrate
What is the additive in a Lt. Blue Full
100
Rabies
What is a common test drawn in a red top?
100
The first tube in the OOD?
What is Sterile Yellow
100
Lt. Blue Full
What is the only tube that goes to coagulation?
200
Used for blood cultures?
What is B/C Bottles
200
Sodium Fluoride & Potassium Oxilate
What is the additive in a gray tube?
200
PT/INR
What is is a common test drawn in a Lt. Blue Full?
200
The 8th tube in ets OOD
What is Gray(ETS)
200
Sterile Yellow/ BC Bottles
What is sent to Microbiology
300
Used for STAT Electrolytes?
What is Lt. Green
300
Lithium Heparin & Thixotropic Gel
What is the additive in a Lt. Green or PST tube?
300
Mercury
What is a common test drawn in a Dark Blue Tube?
300
The 5th tube drawn in syringe OOD?
What is Lavender(syringe)
300
Green
What is the tube sent Chemisty
400
Used for ESR only
What is Black w/Blue Insert
400
Polymer Gel/ Thrombin Gel & Serum
What is the additive in a SST tube?
400
Lipid Profile Only!
What is a common test drawn in a Bumble Bee tube?
400
The tube that comes second in both ETS and Syringe draw?
What is Lt. Blue Full
400
Dark Blue
What is a tube sent to both Toxicology and Chemistry
500
Used for rapid cardiac testing only?
What is Orange
500
ACD & SPS
What is the additive in a sterile yellow tube?
500
Molecular diagnostics
What is a common test drawn in a CPT or Black/Blue Speckled tube?
500
Green (Syringe)the tube that comes 4th in the OOD(Syringe)
What is Green (Syringe)
500
Red Glass
What is the tube sent to Serology, Chemistry, and Blood Bank
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