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Author : Muhammad Amali Bin Kamarudin, Medical Laboratory Scientist, MAHPC(MLS)01171

The colour of type of containers, colour, name, anticoagulants used and the test of use in the laboratory

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Yellow (3.5ml)

Plain with gel

Clot activator
  1. Renal function test (RFT)
  2. Liver function test (LFT)
  3. Lipid profile (LP)
  4. C-reactive protein (CRP)
  5. Cardiac enzyme (CE)
  6. Amylase
  7. Magnesium
  8. Tumor marker
  9. Immunoassay
  10. Total IgE
  11. Specific IgE
  12. Specific antibody response

Mix gently 5 times

Yellow (0.5ml)

Plain with gel for PEAD

Clot activator
  1. Renal function test (RFT)
  2. Liver function test (LFT)
  3. Lipid profile (LP)
  4. C-reactive protein (CRP)
  5. Cardiac enzyme (CE)
  6. Amylase
  7. Magnesium
  8. Tumor marker
  9. Immunoassay

Mix gently 5 times

Grey (2.0ml)

Glucose tube

Fluoride - Potassium oxalate/ Sodium Fluoride
  1. Fasting blood glucose (FBS)
  2. Random blood glucose (RBS)
  3. Glucose tolerance test (GTT)

Mix gently 8 – 10 times

Green (4.0ml)

Heparin tube

Fluoride - Potassium oxalate/ Sodium Fluoride
  1. Renal function test (RFT)
  2. Liver function test (LFT)
  3. Lipid profile (LP)
  4. C-reactive protein (CRP)
  5. Cardiac enzyme (CE)
  6. Amylase
  7. Magnesium
  8. Troponin-T

Mix gently 8 – 10 times

Light Blue (2.7ml)

Sodium citrate tube

Buffered sodium citrate
  1. Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
  2. Prothrombin time (PT)
  3. Thrombin time (TT)
  4. Fibrinogen (Fib)
  5. D-dimer

Mix gently 3 – 4 times

Lavender (2.0ml)

EDTA tube

Potassium Ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid
  1. Full blood count (FBC)
  2. Full blood picture (FBP)
  3. Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
  4. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C)

Mix gently 8 – 10 times

Lavender (0.5 ml)

EDTA-pead tube

Potassium Ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid
  1. Full blood count (FBC)
  2. Full blood picture (FBP)
  3. Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
  4. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C)

Mix gently 8 – 10 times

Red (4.0ml)

Plain with gel

Clot activator
  1. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)

Mix gently 5 times

Colourless (1.0ml)

Heparin syringe

Heparin
  1. Arterial blood gas (ABG)
  2. Venous blood gas (VBG)

Cap syringe and transport sample with ice

Yellow container (50.0ml)

Urine container

Sterile container
  1. Urine analysis
  2. Urine protein creatinine index (PCI)
  3. Urine microscopic (FEME)
  4. Urine pregnancy test (UPT)
  5. Urine drug (UD)

24 hours urine container (2500ml)

24 hours urine container

Sterile container
  1. Urine analysis
  2. Urine protein creatinine index (PCI)

Collect urine for 24 hours in container

Flowchart on Complaint (see below) extracted from the Procedure on User Complaints / Feedback and Staff Suggestion (PPUSMB/CDL/QP-06)