Lavender/Purple
Marbel/tiger/red
Marbel/tiger/red
Red
these tubes are used in those tests where serum used. when blood clot, serum is obtained after the centrifugation.
serum tubes
As most plastics used in specimen tubes will melt if sterilized with heat the plastic tubes are normally single use
You can send red tubes off to be tested. These tubes are used to collect blood and seamen.
gray
lavender top tube
Blue sterile tube?
Test tubes are used to collect data from people and also to used to see if something is effected with diseases or viruses. I hope this answers your question.
Various lab implements and apparatus are used to collect or combine chemicals. Beakers, flasks, and test tubes are some examples.
Serum Separator Tube (SST ™') for serum determinations in chemistry and serology. Contains separator gel and should not be used for toxicology or drug testing. Inversions ensure mixing of clot activator with blood. Blood clotting time 30 minutes.
Order of draw for a phelobotomist is the following (tubes that collect specimens in a phelobotomist case is blood specimen the most common one used are lavender for blood counts and red for serology pregnancy test and STD's and SST tubes which are seum separator tubes that go to chemistry there's only a few SST and the other tubes contain Plasma some examples, are the lavender the light blue gray for toxicology and etc etc. Theres about 14 common tubes that are identified with their top colors 4 of them are SST that contain serum and 10 are plasma (these are chemicals that are in the tube to preserve the blood specimen) to aid on the testing . There are many department to which these tubes are send to but with the proper training and practice these Order of Draw get easier The test are many hundreds and the deparment are quite a few As long as you recognize these that are the most common ones you be on your way to be a very sucesfull phlrbotomist like me Im eaven surprise of the information that I provided here Hopefully It will help someone. Phelobotomist student.