Marble top tubes are also referred to as tiger tops in some clinics.
Marble top blood tube.
These are easily identified by the yellow diagonal stripes on the label.
Sps tubes have a paler colour sometimes leading confusion.
Send plasma in a plastic transport tube labeled plasma sodium citrate.
The herapin anticoagulant activates antithrombins that block the coagulation cascade and produce a plasma sample or whole blood.
Sterile sst brand tube with inert clot activator determinations that require serum in chemistry or infectious disease testing.
Plastic tube 13 x 100 16 x 100.
Phlebotomy tubes with green top contain sodium herapin lithium herapin and ammonium herapin all of which are coated in the inside of the tube.
Marble top tube any of a number of blood collection tubes which contain a special gel that separates cells from serum and material that causes clotting.
Trademarked versions include covidien corvac tubes.
The blood is then centrifuged allowing easy removal of serum for testing.
Send whole blood in a gray top tube.
They contain a special gel that separates blood cells from serum as well as particles to cause blood to clot quickly.
5 0 ml 8 5 ml.
Be sure to use only tubes with a 3 2 sodium citrate concentration.
These are known as yellow tops not gold.
Blue top tube also light blue top tube.
Common blood collection tubes their additives and laboratory uses by editorial team on january 2 2020 in biochemistry hematology immunology the evacuated tube system for blood collection in use for various laboratory tests consists of tubes of various sizes with color coded tops indicating tube contents.
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