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Flashcards by Pip Fraggle, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Pip Fraggle
almost 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Test: | Most Chemistry Tests |
| Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Additives | Clot activators and polymer gel |
| Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Specimen | Serum |
| Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Clotting time | minimum of 30 minutes |
| Gold BD Hemogard Closure or Red-Gray/Tiger Speckled topped tube Number of inversions | 5 |
| Lavender Topped tube Test | Complete Blood Count (CBC), sedimentation rate, routine immunology testing |
| Lavender Topped tube Additives | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) |
| Lavender Topped Tube Specimen | Whole Blood |
| Lavender Topped Tube Number of Inversions | 8 |
| Light Blue Topped Tube Test | Coagulation test |
| Light Blue Topped Tube Additives | Sodium Citrate to bind calcium to inhibit coagulation |
| Light Blue Topped Tube Number of Inversions | 3-4 |
| Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Test | Chemistry, serology, blood bank |
| Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Additives in Plastic tubes | Clot Activators |
| Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Additives in Glass tubes | none |
| Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Specimen | Serum |
| Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Amount of Inversions for plastic tubes | 5 |
| Red Plastic/Glass Tubes Amount of inversions for glass tubes | 0 |
| Red Plastic/Glass Tubes time it takes to clot | 60 minutes |
| White/Pearl Topped Tubes Test | Viral Loads |
| White/Pearl Topped Tubes Additives | Polymer gel with Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) |
| White/Pearl Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
| White/Pearl Topped Tubes Number of inversions | 8 |
| Yellow Topped Tubes Test | Blood Culture |
| Yellow Topped Tubes Additives | Sodium Polyanetholesulphate (SPS) to inhibit complement and phagocytosis |
| Yellow Topped Tubes Specimen | Whole Blood |
| Yellow Topped Tubes Use for Tube | to recover microorganisms causing blood infection |
| Grey topped Tubes Test | Lactic Acid Measurement Glucose Tolerance test Fasting blood sugar (FBS) Blood alcohol Levels |
| Grey Topped Tubes Additives | Antiglycolytic agent to preserve glucose |
| Grey Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
| Grey Topped Tubes How long iodoacetate preserves glucose | 24 hours |
| Grey Topped Tubes How long Sodium Flouride preserves glucose | 3 days |
| Grey Topped Tubes Number of inversions if Potassium Oxalate/Sodium Flouride is used | 8 |
| Grey Topped Tubes Number of inversions if Sodium Flouride/Na2 EDTA is used | 8 |
| Grey Topped Tubes Number of inversions if Sodium flouride is used | 8 |
| Black Topped Tubes Test | Sedimentation rate if Lavender tubes is not used |
| Black Topped Tubes Additives | Buffered sodium citrate |
| Black Topped Tubes Specimen | Whole Blood |
| Black Topped Tubes Importance of filling | Fill all the way to maintain 4:1 blood to citrate ratio |
| Green Topped Tubes Test | Stat and routine chemistry tests ammonia electrolytes arterial blood gasses (ABGs) |
| Green Topped Tubes Additives | Sodium heparin lithium heparin ammonium heparin all to prevent clotting |
| Green Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
| Green Topped Tubes Number of inversions if sodium heparin used | 8 |
| Green Topped Tubes number of inversions if lithium heparin used | 8 |
| Light Green/Green-Grey Topped Tubes Test | Stat and routine chemistry tests |
| Light Green/Green-Grey Topped Tubes Additives | heparin to prevent coagulation and polymer gel (for separation) |
| Light Green/Green-Grey Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
| Light Green/Green-Grey Topped Tubes Number of inversions | 8 |
| Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Test | Stat Chemistry |
| Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Additives | Thrombin to activate clotting |
| Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Specimen | Serum |
| Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Number of inversions if thrombin is used with serum separating gel | 5-6 minutes |
| Orange BD Hemogard Closure or Yellow/Grey Number of inversions if thrombin is used without serum separating gel | 8 minutes |
| Royal Blue Test | Toxicology trace metals nutritional analysis |
| Royal Blue Additives | Heparin or EDTA to prevent clotting or nothing |
| Royal blue Specimen | Serum or Plasma |
| Royal Blue topped tubes Number of inversions if heparin is used | 8 |
| Royal Blue topped tubes Number of inversions if EDTA is used | 8 |
| Tan Topped tubes Test | Lead analysis |
| Tan topped tubes Additives | Heparin to prevent clotting |
| Tan Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma |
| Tan Topped tubes Number of inversions | 8 |
| Pink Topped Tubes test | Blood Bank Compatibility |
| Pink Topped tubes Additives | K2 EDTA |
| Pink Topped Tubes Specimen | Plasma or Whole Blood |
| Pink Topped Tubes Number of inversions | 8 |
| 1st Tube in Order of draw (before light blue tubes) | Blood Culture tubes (Yellow Sterile) |
| 2nd Tube in Order of Draw (after blood cultures and before SST/Gold) | Light Blue Cotnains Sodium Citrate for Plasma |
| 3rd tube in order of Draw (after light blue and before Red/No Gel) | SST/Gold Contains Serum Separator (Thixotropic Gel) |
| 4th tube in order of draw (after SST/ Gold and before Green or light green) | Red |
| 5th tube in order of draw (after Red and before Lavender) | Green or light green Contains Sodium or Lithium heparin for plasma |
| 6th tube in order of draw (after Green or light green and before Royal Blue) | Lavender Contains EDTA for plasma |
| 7th tube in order of draw (after Lavender and before Gray) | Royal Blue Contains EDTA for plasma |
| 8th Tube in Order of Draw (after Royal Blue and before non sterile yellow) | Grey Contains Sodium Fluoride |
| 9th tube in order of draw (after grey) | Non-sterile yellow Contains ACD |
| Non-sterile yellow topped tubes Test | Human Leukocyte antigen (HLA) for paternity and tissue typing |
| Non-sterile yellow topped tubes Additives | Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD) |
| Non-sterile yellow topped tubes Specimen | Whole Blood |
| Non-sterile yellow topped tubes number of inversions | 8 |
| What needs to be done in the event of using a light blue tube as the first one in the draw order | A discard tube needs to be drawn first |
| Light Blue Tubes Department sent to | Coagulation department |
| Gold or Tiger stripped topped tubes Department sent to | Chemistry |
| Red topped tubes Department sent to | Chemistry |
| Light Green/ Grey test tubes Department sent to | Chemistry |
| Dark Green topped tubes Department sent to | Chemistry |
| Lavender Topped Tubes Department sent to | Hematology |
| Pink Topped Tubes Department Sent to | Blood Bank |
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