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Order of Draw Stopper Color Additive Department

1. Blood culture tubes Yellow SPS Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate Microbiology


2. Coagulation tubes Light Blue Sodium Citrate Hematology
3. Glass Red / Red Rubber None Chemistry, BB,
Serology
4. Plastic clot activator tube Red Silica Particles Chemistry

Separator tubes (SST) Gold plastic /Red & Gray Silica Gel, Thixotropic Gel Chemistry
Rubber

5. Plasma separator tubes Light green / Green & Gray Lithium heparin, Thixotropic Gel Chemistry
(PST) Rubber

Heparin tubes Green Lithium Heparin Chemistry

6. EDTA tubes EDTA Lavender, Pink Hematology,


EDTA Blood Bank

Plasma preparation tubes Pearl Top EDTA, Thixotropic Gel Molecular


Diagnostics

7. Flouride tubes Gray Na fluoride, K oxalate Chemistry

ESR tubes Black Na Citrate Hematology

1. ACD tubes Yellow Na3 citrate, Citric acid & dextrose Cellular
Immunology
2. Trace Element tubes Royal blue Plain, Na Heparin or Na2 EDTA Chemistry
(Toxicology)
Tan or Light brown K2 EDTA, Na Heparin Lead Testing

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