Unit 5: Hemoglobin Testing 26 Original: October 1999 Revision: September 2010 5 â 5 Recording Hemoglobin Values Objectives After completing this section, you will be able to: Correctly record hemoglobin values. Correctly record reasons why a hemoglobin value was not taken.
Group 7 â EDTA and ESR tubes. Black top ESR-Vacuum top with 3.2% sodium citrate: used for Westergren sedimentation rate. Group 9 â Yellow top with ACD Solution A. Yellow top tube with ACD (acid citrate dextrose) Solution A: used for whole blood determinations including flow cytometry and tissue typing assays.
Vacutainer tubes are available in a variety of sizes and contain various. types of additives. The additive can be easily identified by the color of the stopper in the. tube. Each test in the test list section has specifications for the appropriate types of. vacutainer tube to use when obtaining a blood specimen. The following chart has been. provided for your assistance.