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100

The order of draw

What is

Yellow 

Light Blue 

Red

Gold / Tiger

Green 

Lavender

Gray

100

Red

What is

No additive

100

CBC

What is

Lavender 

100

Gold top tube clotting time before centrifuging

What is

30 minutes

100

Options for cleansing the venipuncture site. (3 answers)

What is

70% isopropyl alcohol, povidone-iodine, or chlorhexidine gluconate swabs. 


200

Tourniquet Time

What is

60 seconds (1 minute)

200

Lavender

What is

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)

200

INR

What is

Light Blue

200

Red top tube clotting time before centrifuging

What is 

45 - 60 minutes

200

Time to keep bandage on after blood draw

What is 

15 minutes

300

Standard needle gauge for vacutainer draw

What is

21 gauge

300

Green (2 answers)

What is 

Lithium Heparin

Sodium Heparin

300

GTT

What is

Gray

300

Processing of a red top tube after centrifugation

What is 

aliquotting serum

300

The appropriate age to be able to perform a heel stick for capillary blood collection (NHA)

What is

newborns to infants 12 months

400

Set up for hand draws (supplies / gauge)

What is

23 gauge (blue) butterfly + syringe

400

Gray

What is

Sodium Fluoride Potassium Oxalate

400

Blood Typing

What is

Pink

400

HIV tube processing

What is

Spin Lavender and aliquot EDTA plasma

400

This test measures the distance the RBCs have dropped.

What is

ESR

500

Order of vein selection

What is

Median cubital, cephalic, basilic, hand, wrist, foot

500

Blood cultures / yellow

What is

Aerobic / Anaerobic

Sodium polyanethole sulfonate (SPS)

500

STD Testing (infectious diseases)

What is

Red / Gold or Tiger

500

Vitamin B12 special processing

What is

Protect from light

500

During site selection, check with the patient regarding possible medical restrictions that prevent you from drawing in a certain area... (3 answers)

What is

fistulas, ports, or mastectomy.

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