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What are different color tubes used in phlebotomy and what does it indicates?
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The sample tube or blood collection tube has different color top on it which indicates what test need to be done on it.
• Red Top: Immunology and Serology testing
• Golden Top: Immunology and Serology testing, but use different chemicals to perform the test
• Light green Top: For Chemical testing
• Red gray Top: For Chemical testing but use different chemical then Light green top
• Purple Top: Hematology testing
• Light blue Top: Coagulation tests
• Dark green Top: For whole blood testing using heparin
• Dark blue Top: For whole blood testing using EDTA
• Light Gray Top: Blood sugar testing
• Yellow Top: DNA testing, paternity testing and HLA tissue testing
• Yellow black Top: Microbiological testing ( Aerobes, anaerobes and fungi)
• Black Top: For testing like Westergren Sedimentation Rate
• Orange Top: STAT serum chemistries
• Brown Top: Serum lead determination   Your Comment




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