COLLECTION TUBES AND DESCRIPTION

Brand/Cap Additive Mode of Action Uses Color/Volume

BD Red Top Clot activator - plastic Blood clots and the serum are separated Chemistry, Immunology & Serology, (10.0 mL) None - glass by centrifugation. Blood Bank/ crossmatch

Serum separator tube (SST) contains a BD Gold Top Clot activator and gel gel at the bottom to separate blood cells Chemistry, Immunology and Serology. (5.0 mL) for serum separator from serum on centrifugation.

BD Red- Serum separator tube (SST) contains a Clot activator and gel Speckled Top gel at the bottom to separate blood cells Serum assays in chemistry for serum separator (10.0 mL) from serum on centrifugation.

BD Purple Top Spray-coated K EDTA Whole blood analysis in hematology 2 Forms calcium salts to remove calcium. (3.0 mL) 5.4 mg (plastic) laboratory BD Light Blue 0.109M Buff. Sodium Forms Calcium salts to remove calcium. Coagulation Tests Top (2.7 mL) Citrate (3.2%) plastic Sodium Heparin 95 Lithium level – use sodium heparin BD Green Top USP Units or Lithium Inactivates thrombin and thromboplastin. Ammonia level – use sodium heparin or (6.0 mL) Heparin lithium heparin

Sodium fluoride/ BD Light Grey Antiglycolytic agent preserves glucose up Glucose (may cause hemolysis if a short Potassium oxalate Top (4.0 mL) to five days. draw) 10mg/8mg

BD Dark Blue K EDTA 10.8 mg Top (6.0 mL) 2 Special stopper formulation offers low Trace element (zinc, copper, lead, levels of trace elements (see package mercury) toxicology and nutrient BD Dark Blue Clot activator insert). determinations Top (6.0 mL)

BD Orange Rapid Serum Separator Quickly clots blood. STAT serum chemistries Top (5.0 mL) (RST)

BD Pink Top Spray-coated K EDTA 2 Forms calcium salts. Immunohematology (ABO grouping, Rh (6.0 mL) 10.8 mg (plastic) typing, Antibody screening) Diesse Black Sodium citrate Top vacu-tec Forms calcium salts to remove calcium. Westergren Sedimentation Rate (ESR) (buffered) (1.0mL) Vacuette-Greiner Serum separator tube (SST) contains a Black with Serum separator & clot gel at the bottom to separate blood cells Lipo profile test only yellow insert activator from serum on centrifugation. (5.0 mL) Plasma separating tube (PST), Blood Light Green anticoagulants with lithium heparin; Lithium Heparin Chemistry Top plasma is separated with PST gel at the bottom of the tube\. ACD (acid citrate HLA tissue typing, paternity testing, Yellow Top Complement inactivation. dextrose) DNA studies Light Brown Inactivates thrombin and thromboplastin; Sodium heparin Serum lead determination Top contains virtually no lead.

K EDTA and gel for White Top 2 Forms calcium salts. Molecular/PCR and bDNA testing plasma separation