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Gold (sometimes red and grey "tiger top" [3]) Clot activator and serum separating gel [4] Serum-separating tube (SST): Tube inversions promote clotting. Most chemistry, endocrine and serology tests, including hepatitis and HIV. Orange Clot activator and serum separating gel [5] Rapid serum-separating tube (RST). Dark green Sodium heparin ...
The tubes have micronized silica particles which help clot the blood before centrifugation, and a gel at the bottom which separates whole blood cells from serum. [1] Silica nanoparticles induce coagulation through contact activation of coagulation factor XII (Hageman factor). [ 2 ]
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is an American clinical laboratory. A Fortune 500 company, Quest operates in the United States , Puerto Rico , Mexico , and Brazil . [ 3 ] Quest also maintains collaborative agreements with various hospitals and clinics across the globe.
A vacutainer blood collection tube is a sterile glass or plastic test tube with a colored rubber stopper creating a vacuum seal inside of the tube, facilitating the drawing of a predetermined volume of liquid. Vacutainer tubes may contain additives designed to stabilize and preserve the specimen prior to analytical testing.
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[2] Indwelling arterial, central venous and peripheral venous lines can also be used to draw blood. [3] Phlebotomists, laboratory practitioners and nurses are those in charge of extracting blood from a patient. However, in special circumstances, and/or emergency situations, paramedics and physicians extract the blood.
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