Inversions
Number of inversions for light blue tube
What are 3-4 inversions
Phlebotomist sends to microbiology lab
What is blood culture tubes?
Lavender tube is sent to this lab
What is hematology
Additive found in grey tube top
Potassium oxalate, sodium fluoride
Patient gets prenatal testing done and requires: CBC, blood typing, rubella viral antigen screen, hepatitis panel, HIV (venipuncture and butterfly)
red, gold/speckled top, lavendar, pink
The number of inversions for red tube top (additive and no additive)
What is 5 for with additive and 0 for no additive
The lab in which the lavender tube is sent to
What is hematology lab
Light blue tube is sent to this lab
Coagulation lab
Additive found in light yellow tube top
acid citrate dextrose (ACD)
Cyroglobulins, glucose, lactic acid, lipid panel
red, gold/speckled, grey
The number of inversions for green tube top
What is 8 inversions?
The labs that pink top tube are sent to
Blood bank or immunohematology
The lab and tube paternity testing would be sent to
Additive found in royal blue tube top
K2 EDTA or clot activator
BRCA, BMP, LMP, CBC, Vitamin A
Gold/speckled, Lavender, light yellow
The number of inversions for pink tube top
What is 8 inversions
Labs grey tube top is sent to
Chemistry
All labs that red and gold/speckled/tiger top tubes are sent to
Immunology, serology, or chemistry
Additives found in green top tube
Lithium heparin, sodium heparin, or ammonium heparin
ANA, rheumatoid factor, lidocaine, cryoglobins, digoxin testing
Red, gold/speckled tube top
The number of inversions for yellow top/ blood culture tube
What is 8 inversions
The lab we would send iron level, IgA, and lipid panel test to
What is chemistry, serology, or immunology lab?
Tube that is sent to chemistry lab stat
What are green or orange tubes?
Sodium polyanethol sulfate (SPS) is the additive found in this tube
Yellow top (blood culture) tube
PT/INR, Total protein, venous blood gas, stat electrolytes, hemoglobin A1C, Epstein barr virus, vancomycin
Aerobic blood culture, anaerobic blood culture, Light blue, red, tiger top, green, lavender,