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Gold/marble: additive - answer clot activator and gel serum for separation
Gold/marble: lab use - answer for serum determinations in chemistry. May be used for
routine blood donor screening and diagnostic testing of serum for infections disease.
Let blood sit for 30 mins before spin
Gold/marble: product - answer serum
Light green and green/gray: additive - answer lithium heparin and gel for plasma
separation
Light green and green/gray: lab use - answer for plasma determinations in chemistry.
Tube inversions ensure mixing of anticoagulant (heparin) with blood to prevent clotting
Light green and green/gray: product - answer plasma, whole blood
Red: additive - answer silicone coated (glass)
Clot activator, silicone coated (plastic)
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, Red: lab use - answer for serum determinations in chemistry. May be used for routine
blood donor screening and diagnostic testing of serum for infectious disease.
Let blood sit for 60 mins before spin
Red: product - answer serum
Orange: additive - answer thrombin-based clot activator
(used with or without gel for serum separation)
Orange: lab use - answer for stat serum determinations in chemistry. Blood clotting
time, 5mins.
Orange: product - answer serum
Royal blue: additive - answer clot activator, or k2 edta
Royal blue: lab use - answer for trace-elements, toxicology, and nutritional chemistry
demenstrations. Special stopper formulation provides low levels of trace elements.
Royal blue: product - answer serum or whole blood/plasma
Green: additive - answer sodium heparin or lithium heparin (no gel activator)
Green: lab use - answer for plasma determinations in chemistry.
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