Light Green Top Tube Additive

Light blue top tubes sodium citrate 3.

Light green top tube additive.

Plastic tube 13 x 75. Green top tubes sodium or lithium heparin 5. Sodium citrate 3 2 0 109m stopper type. Whole blood plasma.

Soy trypsin or soy trypsin inhibitor. 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. For coagulation determinations of plasma. Contains sodium heparin or lithium heparin.

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. The following order of draw is an accepted laboratory standard. Yellow top tube 8 5 ml acd solution a 10. 7 ml no additive red strip on label draw as 4 6 ml k2 edta blue strip on label draw as 7.

Gray top tube 6 ml na flouride 9. Lavender or pink top tubes potassium edta 6. 2 7 ml 1 8 ml pediatric tube only inversions. Dark blue top tube 2 ml fibrin degradation product fdp tube.

Tubes or bottles for blood cultures 2. Light green green gray lithium heparin and gel for plasma separation 8 for plasma determinations in chemistry. 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. Red red silicone coated glass clot activator silicone coated plastic 0 5 for serum determinations in chemistry.

Here is the list of color codes of the tube the additives present in them and their common uses. The blue bottle is used for haematology tests involving the clotting system which require inactivated whole blood for analysis. The rubber stopper is recessed inside the plastic shield so any. Some of the tubes used are those with light blue green gray dark blue and lavender or pink stoppers.

4 gently laboratory use. Solid light blue or clear light blue. 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. 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.

Draw royal blue top tubes in the order indicated by the additive. After the tube has been filled with blood immediately invert the tube 8 10 times to mix and ensure adequate anticoagulation of the specimen. Tubes with acd are for cellular studies hla typing paternity testing. Light green top blood collection tube with hemogard closure.

Binds and remove calcium to prevent blood from clotting. Blue top tube also light blue top tube. Sodium citrate send whole blood in a blue top tube. Light blue stopper tube two types.