Blood Collection Tube – The basics
Blood Collection Tube, made from Plastic has replaced the glass tube for blood collection. Its important to understand the purpose of its application. Phlebotomy – is the science of Collecting any Blood Sample for the purpose of Diagnosis, Investigation & Research in a Laboratory.
Examples of the colour coding of are given below:–
![Blood Collection Tube - The basics 3 EDTA Tube Cap](https://levram.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cap_Lavender-e1492663381151.png)
K2/K3 EDTA
![Blood Collection Tube - The basics 4 Citrate Tube Cap](https://levram.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cap_Blue-e1492695525714-118x150.png)
Sodium Citrate
Variants of Vacutainers
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EDTA (Lavender / Purple Cap)
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Lithium Heparin (Dark Green Cap)
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Sodium Heparin (Light Green Cap)
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Sodium Citrate (Blue Cap)
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Clot Activator (Red Cap)
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ESR – (Black Cap)
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Sodium Fluoride – (Grey Cap)
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SST – Serum Separated Tube (Yellow Cap)
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Plain (Red Cap)
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EDTA – (Pink Cap)
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RST – Rapid Serum Tube (Orange Cap)
![Blood Collection Tube - The basics 5 Non Vacuum Blood Collection Tube](https://pammvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/nvbct_0-300x95.jpeg)
![Blood Collection Tube - The basics 6 VTB 1](https://pammvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/VTB_1-225x300.jpeg)
![Blood Collection Tube - The basics 7 clot1](https://pammvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/clot1-225x300.jpeg)
![Blood Collection Tube - The basics 8 VTGL](https://pammvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/VTGL-225x300.jpeg)
Pic #1 Sodium Citrate Tubes
Pic #2 Clot Activator Tube
Pic # 3 Gel Clot Activator Tube
Components of Vacuum Blood Collection system
![Blood Collection Tube - The basics 10 venipuncture](https://pammvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/venipuncture-300x169.jpg)
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Written by : Amit Gupta -Director Pammvi Group of Companies