Be sure to use only tubes with a 3 2 sodium citrate concentration.
Marble blue blood collection.
Marbles are part of a wide variety 865 lots of toys trains die cast vehicles and figures that was auctioned live on ebay october 26 2003.
Collection tubes collection tubes for blood specimens gold red gray marble mint green green lavender light blue gray red royal blue yellow the following tables should be helpful in understanding which kind of vacuum vacutainer type tube to use in the collection of specimens.
The sequence of collection of evacuated tubes in a multi draw should be in this order.
Refer to the individual metals in the individual test listing to determine the tube type necessary.
Blue clear blue buffered sodium citrate 0 105 m 3 2 glass 0 109 m 3 2 plastic 3 4 tube inversions ensure proper mixing of anticoagulant with blood.
This is from a sampling of items that were auctioned.
Royal blue top tube there are two types of royal blue top monoject tubes one with the anticoagulant edta and the other plain.
Blue top tube also light blue top tube.
C59 estate collection vintage marbles superb akro ox blood agate.
Collect whole blood according to instructions provided for the individual test.
C60 estate collection vintage marbles two akro blood red patch yellow base.
1 5 8 cobalt and white swirl marble br estimated 300 600 br sold for 130.
Akro agate blue blood egg yolk marble.
No clotting time required pt inr ptt fibrinogen ddimer special coag factor assays call collection pfa 2 glass 4 5ml tubes do not send via tube system royal blue.
The red bottle is less common it is used for biochemistry tests requiring serum which might be adversely affected by the separator gel used in the yellow bottle.
This marble is a combination of opaque red and white glass and is very similar to a brick.
Oxblood corkscrew opaque white base with an oxblood corkscrew sometimes on a dark blue spiral which is called a blue blood swirl oxblood white base with oxblood swirls.
Light blue coagulation tube note.
Sterile blood cultures yellow stopper or bottles most institutions use bottles 2.
The list below lists the most commonly used blood collection tubes their additives and uses in laboratory.
These are used in the collection of whole blood or serum for trace element analysis.
If coagulation tests only are ordered and you are using a.
You could easily amass a collection of several hundred corkscrews of.
Thoroughly mix the blood with the additives by gently inverting the tube eight times four times in the case of light blue top sodium citrate tubes.
3 4 black and blue marble br estimated 20 40 br sold for 40.