Equipment
What is the purpose of a tourniquet?
To temporary stop blood flow
What is the capillary (dermal) order of draw?
EDTA (Lav, Pink), Heparin (green, mint), Sodium fluoride (gray), Nonadditive (red), or serum separator (gold)
Which color tube does not have any additives in it?
Red
Which tube is used for coagulation testing?
Light blue
Gown and gloves
What are the parts of the needle?
Hub, shaft, bevel (lumen), needle prevention device
What color tube tests for lead?
Tan
What is the difference between plasma and serum? What are the tube colors associated with each?
What color tube has ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid as an additive? What department does this tube associate with?
Lavender and hematology/chemistry
A patient needs a lavender top, light green top, and blood cultures, and blue topWhat tests were ordered and what is the order of draw?
Susan is getting ready to do sterile venipuncture on her first patient. She gathered red, blue, lavender, pink, mint green, dark green, gray, and gold tubes. What tube is she missing and place the tubes in order
SPS Yellow (Blood cultures).
Order of draw is: yellow, light blue, red, gold, mint green, dark green, lavender, pink, gray
Name the correct order of draw for sterile venipuncture? Name the additive and color associated with it.
SPS Yellow/Blood cultures, citrate (light blue), Serum tube (red), serum separator (gold, red/black), plasma separator (light green, green/black speckled), heparin (green), EDTA (Lavender, pink), sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate.
Mary needs a blood transfusion. The doctor orders a blood work to determine her blood type. What test did the doctor order? What color is the tube? What is the additive in the tube? What department does this specimen go to?