Order of Draw
What is the 5th Tube in the order of draw?
What is: Green Tube
What does the lavender tube test for and what's the additive?
What is: EDTA and CBC
What angle should the needle be placed in?
What is: 15 to 30 degrees
What is the FIRST thing you do before drawing blood
What is: Wash your hands
How many Inversions for the blood culture bottle?
What is: None
What is the last tube that you draw in the Order of draw?
Grey
What additive does the green tube and what does it test for?
What is: Heparin and Chemistry test
What are the three types of veins in the antecubital
What is: The Median Cubital, Cephalic, and Basilic
What do you do before removing the needle and after popping the tourniquite
What is: Take out the tube
How many inversions in the green/gray marbled tube?
What is: 8
What is the second-to-last tube in the order of draw?
What is: Lavender
What additive does the green/grey marble tube have and what does it test?
What is: Lithium Heparin, and Plasma in chemistry studies
What are the different types of needles?
What is: Butterfly, Straight, and syringe.
What is the FIRST thing you do after filling the collection tube with blood?
What is: Pop the tourniquet.
How many inversions do you do for the grey tube?
What is: 8-10
What is the 3rd tube in the order of draw?
What is: Red
What additive does the red tube have and what does it test for?
What is: None, serum test, chemistry studies, blood bank, immunology
What is the regulation that covers all laboratory testing on all human specimens to ensure accuracy and reliability?
What is: CLIA or Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
What do you throw away in the sharps container?
What is: Gauze soaked in blood, Needles, Vacutainer, lancets, and used tubes
What is: 5
What are the two types blood culture bottles?
What is: Anaerobic and aerobic
What additive does the grey tube have and what does it test for?
What is: Potassium Oxalate and Sodium Fluoride, Chemistry testing, Glucose and alcohol levels
What is the region that we use to draw blood from the vein?
What is: The antecubital region
Say the complete order that you use to draw blood for?
What is: Gather supplies, wash hands & don gloves, clean the site and let dry, insert needle, fill tube, pop tourniquet, remove tube, take out needle and apply pressure ask patient to hold pressure, put the safety on the needle and dispose of needle, bandage the area, dispose of waste.
How many inversions for the blood for the light blue tube?
What is: 3-4