Light Green Top Tube Additive

Plastic tube 13 x 75.

Light green top tube additive.

The blue bottle is used for haematology tests involving the clotting system which require inactivated whole blood for analysis. Sodium citrate send whole blood in a blue top tube. Sodium citrate 3 2 0 109m stopper type. Contains sodium heparin or lithium heparin.

Red red silicone coated glass clot activator silicone coated plastic 0 5 for serum determinations in chemistry. 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. The rubber stopper is recessed inside the plastic shield so any. Light blue top tubes sodium citrate 3.

Blue top tube also light blue top tube. From the additive in the preceding tube. Tubes or bottles for blood cultures 2. Binds and remove calcium to prevent blood from clotting.

Light blue stopper tube two types. After the tube has been filled with blood immediately invert the tube 8 10 times to mix and ensure adequate anticoagulation of the specimen. Serum tubes with or without clot activator 4. Yellow top tube 8 5 ml acd solution a 10.

Gray top tube 6 ml na flouride 9. 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. Here is the list of color codes of the tube the additives present in them and their common uses. 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.

Dark blue top tube 2 ml fibrin degradation product fdp tube. For coagulation determinations of plasma. Whole blood plasma. 4 gently laboratory use.

Some of the tubes used are those with light blue green gray dark blue and lavender or pink stoppers. Solid light blue or clear light blue. 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. 2 7 ml 1 8 ml pediatric tube only inversions.

Light green top blood collection tube with hemogard closure. Green top tubes sodium or lithium heparin 5. Draw royal blue top tubes in the order indicated by the additive. Soy trypsin or soy trypsin inhibitor.

Lavender or pink top tubes potassium edta 6. Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant heparin with blood to prevent clotting. Tubes with acd are for cellular studies hla typing paternity testing. 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.