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Red (Serum) Tube or a Gold (SST) Tube
Serum separating tube also referred as SST is used in medical clinical chemistry that requires the blood serum.
An SST tube will contain serum once its been centrifuged. SST stands for serum separator tube. It will separate the serum from the other blood components.
Isoenzymes in blood serum can be used to diagnose disease.
Serum is obtained from a SSt tube, which is allowed to clot and is then centrifuged
its a tiger top tube. its to separate plasma to blood.
To obtain serum for a blood test you need to use a tube without any anticoagulant. You use a needle and the tube to draw blood from a persons veins.
To obtain serum for a blood test you need to use a tube without any anticoagulant. You use a needle and the tube to draw blood from a persons veins.
You use the tiger top tube also known as as serum separator tube can be used to obtain blood serum and it can be used to run specialized tests on that serum.
Serum is the fluid part that remains after the blood is allowed to clot in atest tube.
Red blood cells, serum, plasma
serum is part of blood that is left after blood is clotted. when blood collected in test tube it is the part on top that does not clot, usually has a clear yellowish tint. most laboratory tests are perfomed on serum part of blood. some drs will write serum _____ level on scripts sometimes.