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15 Cards in this Set
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Additive: None
Mode of Action: Blood clots, and the serum is seperated by centrifugation Uses: Chemistries, Immunology and Serology, Blood Bank (crossmatch) |
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Gold Top
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Additive: None
Mode of Action: Serum separator tube (SST) contains a gel at the bottom to separate blod from serum on centrifugation Uses: Chemistries, Immunology and Serology |
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Light Green Top
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Additive: Plasma Separating Tube (PST) with Lithium Heparin
Mode of Action: Anticoagulates with lithium heparin; lasma is separated with PST get at the bottom of the tube. Uses: Chemistries |
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Purple Top
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Additive: EDTA
Mode of Action: Forms calcium salts to remove calcium Uses: Hematology (CBC) and Blood Bank (Crossmatch); requires FULL DRAW-invert 8 times to prevent clotting and platelet clumping. |
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Light Blue Top
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Additive: Sodium Citrate
Mode of action: Forms calcium salts to remove calcium Uses: Coagulation tests (protime and prothrombin time), FULL DRAW required. |
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Green Top
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Additive: Sodium heparin or lithium heparin
Mode of Action: Inactivates thrombin and thromboplastin Uses: For lithium level, use sodium heparin. For ammonia level, use sodium or lithium heparin. |
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Dark Blue Top
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Additive: Sodium EDTA
Mode of Action: Tube is designed to contain no contaminating metals. Uses: Trace element testing (zinc, copper, lead, mercury) and toxicology. |
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Light Gray Top
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Additive: Sodium flouride and potassium oxalate
Mode of Action: Antiglycolytic agent preserves glucose up to 5 days Uses: For lithium level, use sodium heparin. Glucoses require FULL DRAW (may cause hemolysis if short draw) |
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Yellow Top
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Additive: ACD (acid-citrate-dextrose)
Mode of action: Complement inactivation. Uses: HLA tissue typing, paternity testing, DNA studies |
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Yellow-Black Top
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Additive: Broth mixture
Mode of action: Preserves viability of microorganisms. Uses: Microbiology-aerobes, aneaerobes, fungi |
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Black Top
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Additive: Sodium citrate (buffered)
Mode of action: Forms calcium salts to remove calcium Uses: Westergren Sedimentation Rate; requires FULL DRAW |
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Orange Top
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Additive: Thrombin
Mode of Action: Quickly clots blood Uses: STAT serum chemistries |
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Light Brown Top
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Additive Sodium heparin
Mode of Action: Inactivates thrombin and thromboplastin; Contains virtually no lead. Uses: Serum Lead determination |
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Pink Top
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Additive: Potassium EDTA
Mode of Action: Forms calcium salts Uses: Molecular/viral load testing |
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Collection tube top colors-How many are there?
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14
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