Explain Following Common Stopper Colors, Additives, and Departments Flashcards

Can you explain the following stopper colors, additives, and departments? These flashcards may put an end to your confusion. In the field of phlebotomy, an assortment of tubes is used to draw a blood specimen for specific testing procedures. There are many different colors involved. Health care professionals are trained to be able to tell from one test tube to the next. Read and study these flashcards, and you will pass the test.

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Light Blue
Sodium Nitrate
Coagulation
Red (glass)
None
Chemistry, Blood Bank, Serology, Immunology
Red (plastic)
Clot Activator
Chemistry
Red/light gray (plastic)
Nonadditive
NA (discard tube only)
Red/black (tiger)
Gold
Red/Gold
Clot activator and gel separator
Chemistry
Green/Gray
Light green
Lithium heparin and gel separator
Chemistry
Green
Lithium heparin
Sodium Heparin
Chemistry
Lavender
Pink
EDTA
Hematology
Blood Bank
Gray
Sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate
Sodium fluoride and EDTA
Sodium fluoride
Chemistry
Orange
Gray/Yellow
Thrombin
Chemistry
Royal blue
None (red label)
EDTA (lavender label)
Sodium heparin (green label)
Chemistry
Tan (glass tube)
Tan (plastic)
Sodium Heparin
EDTA
Chemistry
Yellow
Sodium polyanethol sullfonate (SPS)
Microbiology
Yellow
Acid Citrate dextrose (ACD)
Blood bank/Immunohematology