GREY TUBE
THE RESULTS OF A TEST CAN CHANGE BY:
EXERCISE, POSTURE, AND STRESS
WHAT IS THE PINK TUBE FOR?
IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY
TYPE AND CROSS
CITRATE TUBES MUST BE ONLY PLUS OR MINUS ____ PERCENT FROM THE STATED VOLUME TO GIVE ACCURATE RESULTS.
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ANTICOAGULANTS PREVENT COAGULATION OF THE BLOOD BY REMOVING CALCIUM THROUGH THE FORMATION OF INSOLUBLE CALCIUM SALTS?
EDTA, OXALATE, AND SODIUM CITRATE
WHAT IS THE LAVENDER TUBE FOR?
HEMATOLOGY WHOLE BLOOD
TIGER TOP IS FOR:
CHEMISTRY - SERUM SEPARATION
SERUM IS DESCRIBED AS ICTERIC IN THE PRESENCE OF INCREASED:
BILIRUBIN, CAUSING JAUNDICE
WHAT IS THE YELLOW TUBE FOR?
PATERNITY AND STERILE TESTING
UNSTERILE TUBES MAY
INFECT PATIENT THROUGH BACKFLOW
WHAT IS THE ROYAL BLUE TUBE FOR ?
TOXICOLOGY
CIRCADIAN CHANGES ARE:
CYCLICAL CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE DAY
HOW LONG DO YOU LET SERUM SEPERATING TUBE SIT AND SPIN?
30 MINS
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON COMPLICATION FROM PHLEBOTOMY?
HEMATOMA
SERUM IS DESCRIBED AS LIPEMIC IN THE PRESENCE OF INCREASED:
LIPIDS AND FATS IN NONFASTING SAMPLE
IF YOU HAVE A STAT ORDER FOR SERUM BUT DO NOT HAVE THE TIME FOR SERUM TO SIT FOR 30 MINS, WHAT COLOR TUBE CAN DO A STAT SERUM?
GREEN TUBE
A GREEN STOPPER EVACUATED TUBE CONTAINS?
HEPARIN
WHAT TEST CAN BE RAN ON A GREEN TUBE?
CBC
A SHORT DRAW WITH A SODIUM CITRATE TUBE WILL:
LEAD TO A PROLONGED APTT AND PROLONGED PT
TOURNIQUET IS LEFT ON TOO LONG AND CAN GIVE AN ELEVATED READING OF:
POTASSIUM
WHEN PERFORMING AN ARTERIAL PUNCTURE, YOU SHOULD PUNCTURE THE ARTERY USING A:
45 DEGREE ANGLE OF INSERTION WITH THE BEVEL OF THE NEEDLE FACING THE ELBOW
AN ANTICOAGULANT IS AN ADDITIVE PLACED IN AN EVACUATED TUBE IN ORDER TO:
PREVENT BLOOD FROM CLOTTING
SERUM IS DESCRIBED AS HEMOLYZED IN THE PRESENCE OF INCREASED
HEMOGLOBIN FROM RUPTURED RBCS
REFERS TO A SEASONAL CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR?
CIRCANNUAL
WHAT IS THE TAN TUBE FOR?
LEAD DETERMINATIONS
WHAT IS THE CLEAR/RED TUBE FOR?
WASTE OR DISCARD