Additives
The additive in the glass Red Top Tube.
What is no additive
Aerobic bottle is used first
What is the Aerobic blood culture bottle used when doing a butterfly draw?
Coagulation Studies
What is the Blue Top Tube used for?
Median cubital vein
In venipuncture what is the desired vien?
The finger
What area is usually the preferred site for capillary testing in an adult patient?
The Yellow top Tube
What tube uses Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD)
The chemistry lab
What lab do the Stat tubes sent to?
The Tan top Tube
What tube is used for lead determinations?
Basilic vein
What vein is closer to the artery and median nerve?
Oteomylitis
What is a bone infection that can be caused by PBT when administering capillary puncture?
Dark blue tube with EDTA
What tube and additive is used for toxicology testing?
Microbiology Department
What clinical department do the Blood Culture Bottle samples go?
glucose levels
What is the additive in the light green tube lithium heparin with PST used to test?
basilic vein thrombosis
What are Blood clots form in basilic vein in the arm?
Gas tubes, slides, EDTA, Heparin, serum tubes
What is order of draw for capillary puncture?
Acid Citrate Dextrose or SPS
What is the preferred anticoagulant for large blood amounts?
Chemistry Department
What department does the "Fall Family" tubes go to?
Dark Green tube
What tube draws for cytogenetic analysis?
Order of veins
What is the Median cubital vein, first choice; cephalic vein, second choice; and basilic vein, third choice.
Peripheral Blood Smear
It is often ordered when a CBC reveals possible problems with a patients's blood cells.
Pink with Potassium EDTA
What color tube is interchangeable with the Purple/Lavender top tubes?
Coagulation Department
What lab are samples from the light blue tube go to?
Serum sample
What is the sample type of the red top tube going to the Chemistry Department?
What is a vein?
Blood vessels located throughout your body that collect oxygen-poor blood and return it to your heart.
Plantar surface
What is the sole of the foot.