Phlebotomy is known in medicine as the process of using a needle in order to make an incision in a vein, but there’s a lot more to it than that – namely, knowing when to use the right tube!
Light Blue
Red
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Tiger Top
Green
Lavender
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So
Na
K
S
P
Po
K
Standard Separator Tube
Sodium Separator Tube
Serum Separator Tube
Gold
Green
Gray
Tiger Top
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1. blood culture 2. light blue 3. red 4. SST/gold/tiger 5. green 6. lavender/pink 7. gray
1. blood culture 2. light blue 3. SST/gold/tiger 4. red 5. green 6. light blue 7. gray
1. blood culture 2. green 3. light blue 4. red 5. SST/gold/tiger6. lavender/pink 7. gray
RBCs
Plasma
Serum
Whole blood
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True
False