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green top tube

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green top tube
Lab medicine A heparinized blood collection tube with a green stopper used to obtain blood for ammonia, carboxyHb, O2 saturation, cholinesterase, Hb, methemoglobin, pH, histocompatibility testing–eg, HLA-A, B, HLA-D–mixed lymphocyte culture, NBT–nitrotetrazolium blue–assay, phagocytosis, T- and B-cell studies and surface markers


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A phlebotomist draws a set of blood specimens (which includes a red top tube, purple top tube, green top tube, and blue top tube) per ED protocol.
Safe Handling and Administration of Blood Components: Review of ... by Melanie A Osby and Sunita Saxena and Janice Nelson and Ira Shulman / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
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