Marble Top Blood Tube

The same tubes are used for clinical chemistry and stat chemistry tests.

Marble top blood tube. 5 0 ml 8 5 ml. These are known as yellow tops not gold. Common blood collection tubes their additives and laboratory uses by editorial team on january 2 2020 in biochemistry hematology immunology the evacuated tube system for blood collection in use for various laboratory tests consists of tubes of various sizes with color coded tops indicating tube contents. Send plasma in a plastic transport tube labeled plasma sodium citrate.

They contain a special gel that separates blood cells from serum as well as particles to cause blood to clot quickly. The blood is then centrifuged allowing easy removal of serum for testing. These are easily identified by the yellow diagonal stripes on the label. Sterile sst brand tube with inert clot activator determinations that require serum in chemistry or infectious disease testing.

Trademarked versions include covidien corvac tubes. Plastic tube 13 x 100 16 x 100. 2012 farlex inc. Sps tubes have a paler colour sometimes leading confusion.

Gel separates serum from cells. Send whole blood in a gray top tube. Marble top tube any of a number of blood collection tubes which contain a special gel that separates cells from serum and material that causes clotting. Blue top tube also light blue top tube.

Be sure to use only tubes with a 3 2 sodium citrate concentration. Hemogardtm gold top conventional red gray marble.