Blood collection tubes
EDTA is an anticoagulant added in a tube.
What is the lavender tube?
Needle used for small or fragile veins
What is the butterfly system?
Also known as erythrocytes that are small enough to pass through capillaries.
What are red blood cells?
Withdrawal of blood from a vein.
What is phlebotomy?
WBC
What is white blood cell, white blood count?
Tubes used for blood cultures.
What is the yellow tube?
Small, disposable instrument used for capillary puncture?
What is a lancet?
The amount of plasma in the blood
What is 55%?
The person who receives special training in phlebotomy.
Who are phlebotomist?
IV
What is intravenous?
Additive in light blue tubes.
What is sodium citrate?
Instrument used to help visualize a vein.
What is a venoscope?
Normal range of WBC.
What is 5,000-10,000?
Puncture of a vein with a needle for the purpose of drawing blood.
What is venipuncture?
LDL
What is Low-density lipoprotein?
Heparin added in a color tube.
What is the green tube?
The rupturing of red blood cells.
What is hemolysis?
Definition of serum.
What is the fluids left after clotting factors are removed from plasma?
Small, disposable instrument used to pierce the surface of the skin and collect blood from capillaries.
What is a capillary puncture?
What is serum?
Additive in gray tubes.
What is potassium oxalate or sodium fluoride?
Rate of RBC settling to the bottom of a blood sample.
What is erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) ?
The three major types of protein in plasma.
What is albumins, globulins, and fibrinogen?
Puncture through the dermis of the skin.
What is dermal puncture?
LMWH
What is low-molecular-weight heparin?