This job aid provides guidance on the order for drawing blood tubes using the vacutainer method. It lists the color-coded tubes from top to bottom as: blue for sodium citrate, red for clot activator, tiger for gel, gold for gel, light green for lithium heparin gel, dark green for lithium heparin no gel, and lavender for EDTA. The job aid is a controlled document of the Saskatchewan Health Authority Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine that applies to the former Saskatoon Health Region area.
This job aid provides guidance on the order for drawing blood tubes using the vacutainer method. It lists the color-coded tubes from top to bottom as: blue for sodium citrate, red for clot activator, tiger for gel, gold for gel, light green for lithium heparin gel, dark green for lithium heparin no gel, and lavender for EDTA. The job aid is a controlled document of the Saskatchewan Health Authority Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine that applies to the former Saskatoon Health Region area.
This job aid provides guidance on the order for drawing blood tubes using the vacutainer method. It lists the color-coded tubes from top to bottom as: blue for sodium citrate, red for clot activator, tiger for gel, gold for gel, light green for lithium heparin gel, dark green for lithium heparin no gel, and lavender for EDTA. The job aid is a controlled document of the Saskatchewan Health Authority Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine that applies to the former Saskatoon Health Region area.
This job aid provides guidance on the order for drawing blood tubes using the vacutainer method. It lists the color-coded tubes from top to bottom as: blue for sodium citrate, red for clot activator, tiger for gel, gold for gel, light green for lithium heparin gel, dark green for lithium heparin no gel, and lavender for EDTA. The job aid is a controlled document of the Saskatchewan Health Authority Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine that applies to the former Saskatoon Health Region area.
Laboratory Controlled Document: Document #: LSM-538 v #: 6
Applies to former Saskatoon Health Region area
Legend – Tube Draw Order for Vacutainer Method (Top to
Bottom) Blue (Sodium Citrate) Tube Red (Clot Activator) Tube Tiger (Gel) Tube Gold (Gel) Tube Light Green (Lithium Heparin Gel) Tube Dark Green (Lithium Heparin No Gel) Tube Lavender (EDTA) Tube
Saskatchewan Health Authority Controlled copy # ______
Department of Page: 1 of 2 Copyholder Initials ______ Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Uncontrolled copies are valid for only 24 hours Printed: 14 February 2018