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Blood Cultures
Light Blue Serum (Red or Red/Gray) Green Lavender Gray |
BeCause (Blood Cultures)
Better (Blue) Specimens(Serum- Red) Generate(Purple/Lavender) Goals (Gray) |
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Lavender
Common test: CBC including RBC, WBC and Platelet, WBC differential count Hemoglobin/Hematocrit (Hct determinations ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate) Sickle cell screening |
Contains the anticoagulant ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)
EDTA inhibits coagulation by binding to calcium present in the speciment |
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Lgt Blue
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Contains the anticoagulant Sodium Citrate; prevents coagulation by binding the calcium in the specimen
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Green
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Contains the anticoagulant Heparin combined with sodium, lithium or ammonium ion
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Gray
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Contains additives and anticoagulants
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Red/Gray (speckled)
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Contain clot activators
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Red
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Also known as plain vacuum tube and contains no additive or anticoagulant
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Yellow
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Contains the anticoagulant sodium polyanetholesulfonate (SPS)
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