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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.

The sample tube or blood collection tube has different color top on it which indicates what test need to be done on it.



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