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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;{|class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; |+ &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Vacutainer&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Vacutainer (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;Vacutainer&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Test_tube&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Test tube (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;sample tube&lt;/a&gt; types for &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Venipuncture&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Venipuncture (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;venipuncture&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Phlebotomy&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Phlebotomy (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;phlebotomy&lt;/a&gt;   {{Edit|Template:Table of blood sampling tubes}} ! Tube cap col...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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|+ [[Vacutainer]]/[[test tube|sample tube]] types for [[venipuncture]]/[[phlebotomy]] &amp;amp;nbsp; {{Edit|Template:Table of blood sampling tubes}}&lt;br /&gt;
! Tube cap color or type in order of draw !! Additive !! Usage and comments&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| '''[[Blood culture]]''' bottle || '''Sodium polyanethol sulfonate''' ([[anticoagulant]]) and '''[[growth media]]''' for microorganisms|| Usually drawn first for minimal risk of contamination.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|first1=KD |last1=Pagana|first2=TJ |last2=Pagana|first3=TN |last3=Pagana|title=Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference - E-Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7eXBAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PR13|date=19 September 2014|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=978-0-323-22592-2|p=xiii}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Two bottles are typically collected in one blood draw; one for [[aerobic organism]]s and one for [[anaerobic organism]]s.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=pEL2DwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PT140|date=6 August 2020|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-55581-881-4|chapter=Chapter 3.4.1: Blood cultures; general detection and interpretation}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background: skyblue&amp;quot;| Light blue&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Sodium citrate|Sodium '''citrate''']] (weak calcium chelator/anticoagulant) || '''Coagulation tests''' such as [[prothrombin time]] (PT) and [[partial thromboplastin time]] (PTT) and [[thrombin time]] (TT). Tube must be filled 100%.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background: red; color: white&amp;quot;| Plain red&lt;br /&gt;
| '''No additive''' || '''Serum''': [[Total complement activity]], [[cryoglobulin]]s&lt;br /&gt;
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!style=&amp;quot;background: goldenrod&amp;quot;| Gold (sometimes red and grey &amp;quot;tiger top&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|date=June 2019|title=Test Tube Guide and Order of Draw|url=https://www.guthrie.org/sites/default/files/GMG_708_0002%20Test%20Tube%20Chart%20and%20Order%20of%20Draw%20Guide%20Attachment%20A%20%20%206-25-19.pdf|website=Guthrie Laboratory Services}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
| '''Clot activator''' and '''serum separating''' gel&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.pathology.uci.edu/services/specimen-containers.asp|title=Specimen requirements/containers|website=Pathology &amp;amp; Laboratory Medicine, UCI School of Medicine|access-date=2020-09-10}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; || '''[[Serum-separating tube]]''': Tube inversions promote clotting. Most chemistry, endocrine and serology tests, including [[hepatitis]] and [[HIV]].&lt;br /&gt;
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!style=&amp;quot;background: mediumseagreen; color: white&amp;quot;| Dark green&lt;br /&gt;
| Sodium '''[[heparin]]''' (anticoagulant) || Chromosome testing, [[Human leukocyte antigen|HLA]] typing, [[ammonia]], [[Lactic acid|lactate]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background: lightgreen&amp;quot;| Light green&lt;br /&gt;
| Lithium '''heparin''' (anticoagulant) || '''[[Blood plasma|Plasma]]'''. Tube inversions prevent clotting&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background: MediumOrchid&amp;quot;| Lavender (&amp;quot;purple&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
| '''[[Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid|EDTA]]''' ([[Chelation|chelator]] / anticoagulant) || '''[[Whole blood]]''': [[Complete blood count|CBC]], [[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate|ESR]], [[Coombs test]], platelet antibodies, [[flow cytometry]], blood levels of [[tacrolimus]] and [[cyclosporin]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background: pink&amp;quot;| Pink&lt;br /&gt;
| '''EDTA''' (chelator / anticoagulant) || '''[[Blood typing]]''' and [[cross-matching]], direct [[Coombs test]], [[HIV]] viral load&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background: royalblue; color: white&amp;quot;| Royal blue&lt;br /&gt;
| '''EDTA''' (chelator / anticoagulant) || Trace elements, heavy metals, most drug levels, [[toxicology]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background: tan&amp;quot;| Tan&lt;br /&gt;
| '''EDTA''' (chelator / anticoagulant) || '''[[Lead]]'''&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background: gray; color: white&amp;quot;| Gray&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sodium fluoride|Sodium '''fluoride''']] ([[glycolysis]] inhibitor) &lt;br /&gt;
*Potassium '''[[oxalate]]''' (anticoagulant)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;pmid1644639&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal| vauthors=Castellini MA, Castellini JM, Kirby VL| title=Effects of standard anticoagulants and storage procedures on plasma glucose values in seals. | journal=J Am Vet Med Assoc | year= 1992 | volume= 201 | issue= 1 | pages= 145–8 | pmid=1644639 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&amp;amp;tool=sumsearch.org/cite&amp;amp;retmode=ref&amp;amp;cmd=prlinks&amp;amp;id=1644639  }} &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| '''[[Glucose test|Glucose]]''', lactate&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;DasguptaSepulveda2019&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author1=Amitava Dasgupta|author2=Jorge L. Sepulveda|title=Accurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory: A Guide to Error Detection and Correction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HB2kDwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA131|date=20 July 2019|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-0-12-813777-2|page=131}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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!style=&amp;quot;background: yellow&amp;quot;| Yellow&lt;br /&gt;
| '''[[Acid-citrate-dextrose]] A''' (anticoagulant) || [[Tissue typing]], DNA studies, [[HIV]] cultures&lt;br /&gt;
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!style=&amp;quot;background: pearl&amp;quot;| Pearl (&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
| '''Separating gel''' and (K&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;)'''EDTA''' || '''[[Polymerase chain reaction|PCR]]''' for [[adenovirus]], [[toxoplasma]] and [[Human herpesvirus 6|HHV-6]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&amp;lt;noinclude&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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