Marble Top Blood Tube

Trademarked versions include covidien corvac tubes.

Marble top blood tube.

Sterile sst brand tube with inert clot activator determinations that require serum in chemistry or infectious disease testing. 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. 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. Gel separates serum from cells.

2012 farlex inc. Marble top tubes are also referred to as tiger tops in some clinics. They contain a special gel that separates blood cells from serum as well as particles to cause blood to clot quickly. The same tubes are used for clinical chemistry and stat chemistry tests.

Plastic tube 13 x 100 16 x 100. 5 0 ml 8 5 ml. Sps tubes have a paler colour sometimes leading confusion. Send plasma in a plastic transport tube labeled plasma sodium citrate.

Hemogardtm gold top conventional red gray marble. These are known as yellow tops not gold. The herapin anticoagulant activates antithrombins that block the coagulation cascade and produce a plasma sample or whole blood. Blue top tube also light blue top tube.

Send whole blood in a gray top tube. Phlebotomy tubes with green top contain sodium herapin lithium herapin and ammonium herapin all of which are coated in the inside of the tube.