What blood tube colors are for which test?

The tests each bottle is used for are the same: the purple one is for cell count, the yellow one is for electrolytes, albumin and LDH, the grey one is for glucose, and blood culture bottles can be used for fluid cultures.

What is the order of draw by the Vacutainer tubes?

The draw order for specimen tubes is as follows:

Blood culture.
Blue tube for coagulation (Sodium Citrate)
Red No Gel.
Gold SST (Plain tube w/gel and clot activator additive)
Green and Dark Green (Heparin, with and without gel)
Lavender (EDTA)
Pink – Blood Bank (EDTA)
Gray (Oxalate/Fluoride)

What are the different blood collection tubes used for?

Blood collection tubes containing heparin, which stabilizes the red blood cell membranes, are used for specialized hematology studies, such as red cell fragility tests and several specialized chemistry tests. Blood collection tubes containing sodium citrate are used for coagulation studies.

What color vacutainer would you use to test?

Red-top tube, glass This tube is a plain glass Vacutainer® containing no clot activators, anticoagulants, preservatives or separator material. These tubes can be used for Blood Bank tests.

What does the green tube test for?

Green top tube with sodium or lithium heparin: used for plasma or whole blood determinations. EDTA tubes: includes Lavender top, Pink top (used for blood bank testing), Tan top (used for lead testing), and Royal Blue top with EDTA (used for trace metal whole blood or plasma determinations).

Which tube do you draw first?

EDTA tubes
The order of draw is based on CLSI Procedures and Devices for the Collection of Capillary Blood Specimens; Approved Standard – Sixth Edition, September 2008. This standard recommends that EDTA tubes be drawn first to ensure good quality specimen, followed by other additive tubes and finally, serum specimen tubes.

What is the green blood tube used for?

Lithium Heparin (Green-Top Tube)*: This tube is used for the collection of heparinized plasma or whole blood for special tests. *Note: After the tube has been filled with blood, immediately invert the tube gently several times to prevent coagulation.

What are Vacutainer tubes?

A Vacutainer blood collection tube is a sterile glass or plastic test tube with a colored rubber stopper creating a vacuum seal inside of the tube, facilitating the drawing of a predetermined volume of liquid. Tubes are available with a safety-engineered stopper, with a variety of labeling options and draw volumes.

Do you centrifuge yellow top tubes?

DO allow red top tubes to clot in an upright position at room temperature for 60 minutes, gold top for 30 minutes. Centrifuge for the preprogrammed time or 10 minutes for red or gold top tubes, 10 minutes for green, and 15 minutes for BD Blue top tubes.

What is the purple blood tube for?

The purple top tube provides blood for infectious disease tests and ascertaining important data such as ABO/Rh (blood type), as well as whether the blood is positive or negative for cytomegalovirus (CMV), HIV, hepatitis, and West Nile virus, to name a few.

How to use Vacutainer?

Upon completion of blood collection,apply light pressure to site using three fingers as shown

Withdraw blood collection set by grasping the translucent yellow safety shield grip area with the thumb and index finger

With opposite hand,grasp tubing between thumb and index finger

Push the yellow shield forward until the safety shield is locked in place Things to Remember:

Handle all biologic samples and blood collection sharps (lancets,needles,luer adapters and blood collection sets) according to the policies and procedures of your facility

Obtain appropriate medical attention in the event of any exposure to biologic samples (for example,through a puncture injury) since they may transmit viral hepatitis,HIV (AIDS) or other

Utilize any built-in needle protector if the blood collection device provides one

BD does not recommend reshielding used needles,but the policies and procedures of your facility may differ and must always be followed

Discard BD Vacutainer Brand Safety-Lok Blood Collection Set in the nearest sharps collector. Follow your institution’s policy for safe disposal of all medical waste

What is the Order of blood collection tubes?

Order of Draw: Blood collection tubes must be drawn in a specific order to avoid cross-contamination of additives between tubes. The recommended order of draw for plastic vacutainer tubes is: First – blood culture bottle or tube (yellow or yellow-black top) Second – coagulation tube (light blue top).

What color tube for lab test?

Tubes with a red stopper are used to collect serum to test for routine donor screening or infectious disease. It contains a clot activator. Tubes with orange or gray/yellow tops are used to test serum that is needed right away. It contains a rapid clot activator known as thrombin.

What color test tube is used for blood culture?

Yellow Top Tube. The same tubes are used for HLA phenotyping and for conducting parental tests. Blood culture tubes and vials also come in stoppers other than yellow. Vials with blue, purple and pink top contain enriched soybean-casin broth with CO2. Aside from bacterial, they are used in fungal blood cultures.