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Blood Collection

ORDER OF DRAW

Bottle/Stopper

1

Culture Bottles

2

Light Blue

3

Gold

Additive See bottle label

Citrate Gel, serum

Notes

Tube must be filled completely.

Note: When using a winged blood collection set and a coagulation (citrate) tube is the first specimen, begin by drawing another partiallyfilled citrate tube. This discard tube is used to fill the winged set tubing's "dead space" and helps ensure a proper blood-to-additive ratio.

Do not use gel tubes for toxicology or drug testing.

4

Red

No gel, serum

5

Green or Tan

Heparin

6

Lavender or Tan EDTA

7

Royal Blue

EDTA

8

Gray

Sodium Fluoride

(Glucose)

Tubes with Other Additives

9

Yellow

Citrate ACD

This tube is drawn last.

Courtesy and ? Becton, Dickinson and Company.

MIXING CHART

BD VacutainerTM Tube Type

Stopper Color

EDTA

Lavender

Citrate

Light Blue

SST? with gel

Red/Black

Serum

Red

Sodium Fluoride

Gray

Heparin

Green

Number of Inversions 8 ? 10 3 ? 4 5 5 8 ? 10 8 ? 10

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SEPARATION

Clot

Spin

For serum (no gel) tubes only.

Pour into Transport Vial

Patient ID

Patient ID

Patient ID

SERUM

For clot to form, keep tube at room temperature for minimum 30 mins. Do not exceed 60 mins.

10 ? 15 minutes

Label with specimen type and patient ID

For other blood, serum or plasma separation instructions, see the Specimen Collection and Handling section of this directory.

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