Guidelines

What is a white top tube used for?

What is a white top tube used for?

These white top no additive blood tubes are typically used as discard tubes or as an alternative to serum tubes with a clot activator. These tubes are of the highest quality and are virtually unbreakable.

What are anticoagulant tubes?

A tube that contains a clot activator will produce a serum sample when the blood is separated by centrifugation and a tube that contains an anticoagulant will produce a plasma sample after centrifugation. …

What are the different types of Vacutainers?

Types of tubes

Tube cap color or type Additive
Light blue Sodium citrate (anticoagulant)
Plain red No additive
Gold Clot activator and serum separating gel
Dark green Sodium heparin (anticoagulant)

What is Pearl top tube used for?

PHLEBOTOMY SERVICES

STOPPER COLOR CONTENTS USES/COMMENTS
Pearl Top (Plasma Preparation, “PPT”) Separating gel and (K2)EDTA Adenovirus PCR Toxoplasma PCR HHV-6 PCR
Lavender (“Purple”) (K2)EDTA CBC/Diff/Retic/Sed Rate, FK506, Cyclosporin, Platelet Ab, Coombs, Flow Cytometry

What is white top tube?

white-top tube. (wīt-top tūb) This color indicates that the tube contains ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and a special polyester material-used for the collection of plasma for molecular (i.e., polymerase chain reaction ) tests.

What is the yellow top of a phlebotomy tube used for?

Phlebotomy Tubes Explained. Yellow top tube contains sodium polyanethol sulfonate and is used for blood culture specimens or acid-citrate-dextrose (ACD solution A or ACD Solution B). The same tubes are used for HLA phenotyping and for conducting parental tests.

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Which is the best brand of blood tubes?

Greiner Bio-One manufactures high-quality blood collection tubes under the VACUETTE® Blood Tube brand name. Most VACUETTE® Blood Tubes contain chemical additives, which in combination with a pre-determined vacuum, guarantee the correct mixing ratio of blood sample to additive.