ABBREVIATIONS
CBC
What is Complete Blood Count
CULTURE, LIGHT BLUE, GOLD, RED, GREEN, LAVENDER, GRAY
What is THE ORDER OF DRAW
TUBE USED TO DRAW A Glucose level and lactate
What is A GRAY TOP TUBE
ANOTHER NAME FOR RBC
What is AN ERYTHROCYTE
VEINS USED IN ANTECUBITAL AREA
What is THE CEPHALIC, BASILIC AND MEDIAN CUBITAL
POL
What is Physician Office Labs
THIS Tube HAS NO ADDITIVE
What is A RED TOP
What color tup tube do you need to draw a CBC, DIFF, PLT.
What is A LAVENDER TUBE
WBC
What is A White Blood Cell or LEUKOCYTE
APPROVED TESTS FOR A MEDICAL ASSISTANT
What are CLIA WAIVED TESTS
THIS tube has EDTA as the additive
What is A LAVENDER/Purple TOP TUBE
What tube do you need to draw a PT, PTT and INR?
What is A LIGHT BLUE TOP
Anticoagulated Blood minus RBCs, WBCs and Platelets
What is Plasma
DRAWING BLOOD FROM A FINGER or HEEL
What is A CAPILLARY PUNCTURE
SST
What is Serum Separator Tube
THIS tube uses SODIUM FLUORIDE
What is A GRAY TOP TUBE
What blood test requires more strict cleaning than just alcohol pads?
What is A BLOOD CULTURE
IT DIFFERS FROM PLASMA IN THAT IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANTICOAGULANTS
What is SERUM
STUDY OF THE SHAPE OR FORM OF OBJECTS
What is MORPHOLOGY
FSBS
What is Fingerstick Blood Sugar
THIS tube has SODIUM CITRATE as the anticoagulant additive
What is A LIGHT BLUE TUBE TOP
What tube is needed to draw a STAT chemistry blood test
What is A GREEN TOP or Heparin tube
THE CELLS ATTACKED BY HIV
What are T CELLS
What group of blood tests detect BLEEDING PROBLEMS?
What are COAGULATION TESTS/STUDYS