| A | B |
|---|
| Lavender tube additive | EDTA |
| What does EDTA stand for? | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| Lavender tube tests (3, 5ml) | CBC (RBC, WBC, Plt, Hgb, Hmt, Diff, ESR) |
| Lavender tube tests (7ml) | ABO |
| What are other terms for ABO | Bloodtyping, type and screen, crossmatching. |
| Lavender tube department (3, 5ml) | Hematology (Heme) |
| Lavender tube department (7ml) | Bloodbanking (BB) |
| What's another word for bloodbanking? | Immunohematology |
| Lavender tube specimen type (3, 5ml) | Whole blood |
| Lavender tube specimen type (7ml) | Whole blood |
| Why is the lavender specimen considered whole blood? | Because it isn't spun down. |
| Yellow tube additive | ACD |
| What does ACD stand for? | Acid Citrate Dextrose |
| Yellow tube test | HLA |
| What does HLA stand for? | Human Leukocyte Antigen |
| Yellow tube department | Bloodbanking (BB) |
| Yellow tube specimen type | Whole blood |
| How do you produce a plasma specimen? | Centrifuge (spin down) whole blood. |
| How do you produce a whole blood specimen? | Don't centrifuge (spin down) the specimen. |
| Marble green tube additive | Lithium heparin and gel. |
| Marble green tests | Any STAT tests |
| What does STAT mean? | Short Turn Around Time (from Latin "Statim") |
| Marble green department | Chemistry |
| Marble green specimen type | Plasma |
| Green tube additive | Sodium heparin (Na Hep) |
| Green tube tests | Ammonia |
| Green tube department | Chemistry |
| Green tube specimen type | Plasma |
| Green tube rules | On ice |
| Mint tube additive | Lithium heparin and gel |
| Mint tests | Any STAT tests |
| Mint department | Chemistry |
| Mint specimen type | Plasma |
| Mint rule/note | Twin of marble green |
| Marble green rule/note | Twin of mint |
