PRMLS LAB

• Purple/ Lavender

  • CBC
  • Blood typing (Rh and ABO screening)
  • Cross match
  • Hb
  • Red cell indices
  • ESR wintrobes method
• Light blue

  • PT
  • APTT
  • Fibrinogen thrombin time
  • other blood coagulation tests
• Light green

  • Basic Metabolic Panel
  • Comprehensive metabolic panel
  • Plasma determination tests
• Royal blue

  • trace elements (Cu, Zn, etc.)
  • toxicology
  • nutrient determination
• Gold (Serum separator tube)

  • BMP
  • CMP
  • KFT
  • LFT
  • Lipid profile
  • biochemistry assay
  • serological tests
• Red

  • BMP
  • CMP
  • Lipid profile
  • Serology tets
  • therapeutic drug monitoring
  • blood bank procedures
• Dark green

  • arterial blood gas analysis
  • alpha-TNF
  • lymphocyte immunotherapy
• Gray

  • Blood sugar testing
  • toxicology tests
• Black

  • ESR by Westergren method
• Yellow

  • Blood bankd studies
  • HLA phenotyping
  • paternity testing
  • tissue typing
• Pink

  • Rh factor
  • ABO typing
  • CBC
  • Blood bank procedures
• Yellow

  light blue

  red (glass)

  red (plastic)

  gold (SST, red and gray marbled)

  green

  light green

  lavender

  pink

  gray

  royal blue
• closed system

  A) Evacuated tube

  B) flange

  C) rubber stopper

  D) rubber sleeve

  E) hub

  F) shaft

  G) bevel

  H) needle

  I) holder

  J) tip

  
• Order of draw capillary puncture

  • blood gas analysis
  • slide unless made from specimen in the EDTA micro collection tube
  • EDTA micro collection tube
  • other micro collection tubes w/ anticoagulant