Medical Abbreviations
order of draw
anti-coagulants
supplies
A+P
100
-algia
What is the suffix for pain?
100
sterile tube
What is the first tube in the order of draw?
100
EDTA tube
What is lavender top tube.
100
21 and 23 guage needles
What is the most common needle size for venipuncture?
100
Pancreas, parathyroid, pituitary
What are endocrine glands?
200
Leuk
What is the root word for white?
200
green tube
What is the 4th?
200
Na (Sodium) Citrate
What is in a light blue tube?
200
Clean 2x2 gauze
What is used to apply pressure to site?
200
Body system where the esophagus resides
What is the digestive system?
300
NPO
What is nothing by mouth?
300
light blue
What is the 2nd?
300
Heparin
What is in a green top tube?
300
ETS
What is evacuator tube set?
300
Body system that might require CSF analysis
What is nervous system?
400
Cyano-
What is the prefix for blue?
400
serum tube (red, gel, SST, gold)
What is the 3rd tube?
400
Na (Sodium) Flouride
What is in a grey top?
400
Never left on for more than one minute
What is a tourniquet?
400
Opposite of dorsal
What is ventral?
500
PT (lab test)
What is prothrombin time?
500
Lavendar
What is 5th tube?
500
Heparin
What is an anticoagulant?
500
Venipuncture device frequently used in hand veins
What is a butterfly?
500
Largest organ of the human body
What is the skin?
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