TEST & TUBE COLOR 13.
BILIRUBIN (Gold/Red)
● Assess liver function
USES / PURPOSE
14. TOTAL PROTEIN: (Gold/Red)
1. CBC: COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT (Lavender) ● Measurements reflect nutritional status, kidney
● Measures the components of the blood Detects disease, and liver disease
anemia, infection, and other blood cancers
15. URIC ACID (Gold/Red)
2. CBC W/ PLT: COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT WITH ● Determine uric acid in the blood Assess kidney
PLATELET (Lavender) function; Gout;Fanconi syndrome
● Monitor or diagnose conditions that cause too much
bleeding or too much clotting ➢ Aids in the 16. GLYCOSYLATED Hgb (Gold/Red)
differentiation of Polycythemia vera and Essential ● Detect blood glucose level in the average of 2-3
thrombocythemia months since RBC lifespan in circulation is 120 days
3. BLOOD TYPING (Lavender/Pink) 17. MAGNESIUM (Gold/Red)
● Determine the blood type and rH factor of a sample ● Relationship between abnormal serum Mg2 levels
and cardiovascular, metabolic, and neuromuscular
4. PT: PROTHROMBIN TIME (Light Blue) disorders
● Evaluate blood clotting Measure amount of time it
takes blood to clot Coagulation studies 18. FBS: FASTING BLOOD SUGAR (Gold/Red)
● Screening test for Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Detect
5. APTT: ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME elevation of blood glucose [8-10hrs fasting]
(Light blue)
● Measure the time it takes for blood to clot Coagulation 19. RBS: RANDOM BLOOD SUGAR (Gold/Red)
studies ● Sugar determination of randomly collected blood
requested during insulin shock or hyperglycemic
6. ESR: ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE (Black) ketotic coma
● Check for inflammation in the body
20. BUN: BLOOD UREA NITROGEN (Gold/Red)
7. CROSS MATCHING (Lavender/Pink) ● Evaluate renal function Kidney function test
● Determine the blood compatibility between the donor
and recipient to avoid incompatible transfusion 21. ALBUMIN (Gold/Red)
● Liver and kidney function test
8. SGOT: SERUM GLUTAMIC OXALOACETIC
TRANSAMINASE (Gold/Red) 22. LDH: LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (Gold/Red)
● Evaluation of hepatocellular disorders and skeletal ● Increased levels are found in cardiac, hepatic,
muscle involvement skeletal muscle, and renal diseases, as well as in
several hematologic and neoplastic disorders
9. SGPT: SERUM GLUTAMATE PYRUVATE TRANSAMINASE ● Highest levels are seen in pernicious anemia and
(Gold/Red) hemolytic disorders
● Detect hepatocellular disorder; Liver diseases
23. AMYLASE (Gold/Red)
10. CREATININE (Gold) ● Diagnosis of acute pancreatitis
● Assess kidney function
24. Na/K: SODIUM/POTASSIUM (Gold/Red)
11. TOTAL CHOLESTEROL (Gold/Red) ● Detect potassium/sodium levels in the blood
● Assess cardiac function
25. PHOSPHOROUS (Gold/Red)
12. LIPID PROFILE (Gold/Red) ● Check phosphate levels if you have kidney disease or
● Detect abnormalities in blood lipid concentrations bone disease
Monitor and screen for cardiac diseases
26. CHLORIDE (Gold/Red) 38. Helicobacter pylori SERUM (Red)
● Involved in maintaining osmolality, blood volume, and ● Detect Helicobacter pylori infection
electric neutrality
39. PREGNANCY-SERUM (Red)
27. CRP: C REACTIVE PROTEIN (Gold/Red) ● Measures human chorionic gonadotropin/ hormone
● Inflammatory Marker Presumptive test of Bacterial vs produced by placenta
Viral infection Detect inflammation; Acute rheumatic ● Used to confirmed pregnancy & provide information
fever, AMI, Gout about the fetus
28. D-DIMER (Light blue) 40. PROGESTERONE (Red)
● Used to identify the presence of fibrinolysis Helpful in ● Measures a hormone called progesterone Diagnose
diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis. certain problems with the adrenal glands
29. ASO: ANTISTREPTOLYSIN O (Gold/Red) 41. TROPONIN I (Green/Gold/Red)
● Detect Group A Staphylococcus infection ● Gold standard marker for Acute Myocardial Infarction
● W Assess cardiac function
30. C3: COMPLEMENT 3 (Gold)
● Associated with autoimmune disease, neonatal 42. CEA: CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN (Gold)
respiratory distress syndrome, bacteremia, tissue ● Tumor marker for Colorectal cancer
injury, and chronic hepatitis ● Check how well the treatment is functioning
● Important in the pathogenesis of age-related macular
degeneration 43. PSA: PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (Gold/Red)
● Assess prostate function: Screen for prostate cancer
31. RF: RHEUMATOID FACTOR (Gold/Red/Light Green)
● Measures the amount of the RF antibody in the blood 44. AFT: ALPHA FETOPROTEIN (Gold/Red)
for the detection of rheumatoid arthritis ● Tumor marker for Hepatocellular carcinoma
32. OGTT: ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (Gold/Red) 45. TSH: THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (Gold/Red)
● Test that measures how well your body process ● Thyroid function test; Hyperthyroidism/Hypothyroidism
glucose or blood sugar
● Series of glucose testing 46. T3: TRIIODOTHYRONINE (Gold/Red)
● Thyroid function test; Hyperthyroidism
33. HBSAG QUANTI: HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN
(Gold) 47. T4: THYROXINE (Gold/Red)
● Serologic marker in patients before the onset of ● Thyroid function test; Diagnosed with thyroid disorder
clinical symptoms
48. BETA-HCG: BETA HUMAN CHORIONIC
34. ANTI-HAV: ANTIBODY-HEPATITIS A (Gold/Red) GONADOTROPIN (Gold)
● Clinical marker for the diagnosis and the progression ● Prognostic indicator for ovarian cancer Diagnostic
of HAV infection marker for testicular cancer classification
● Detection of gestational trophoblastic diseases
35. VDRLVENEREAL DISEASE RESEARCH LABORATORY
(Gold/Red) 49. FERRITIN (Gold/Red)
● Screening test for Syphilis infection ● Find out how much iron the body stores; Iron
deficiency
36. HIV: HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (Gold/Red)
● Detect if a person is HIV positive or how much virus is 50.. CA 125 (Gold)
present in the blood ● Tumor marker of Ovarian cancer Detect for early
signs of ovarian cancer
37. DENGUE COMBO (Red)
● Screening test and aids in the diagnosis of infection 51. CA 19-9 (Gold)
with Dengue Virus Tumor marker for Pancreatic Cancer
52. CA 15-3 (Gold): Tumor marker for Breast cancer
