TUBE ADDITIVES
COMMON TEST TUBES
VEIN SELECTION
LAB FINDS
LAB DEPTS
100

EDTA

WHAT IS LAV, PINK

100

CBC

WHAT IS LAV

100

1ST CHOICE FOR PLB

MEDIAN CUBITAL

100

USED TO SEPARATE SPECIMEN BY FORCE

WHAT IS CENTRIFUGE 

100

LIPIDS, PANELS, BLOOD ANALYZE BLOOD COMPONENTS 

WHAT IS CHEMISTRY 

200

SST

WHAT IS GOLD/TIGER TOP

200

TYPE & SCREEN

WHAT IS PINK

200

2ND CHOICE FOR PLB

WHAT IS CEPHALIC

200

USED TO COLLECT PLASMA/SERUM FOR TRANSFER

WHAT IS PIPETTE 

200

BLOOD COUNTS, CHECK FOR DISORDERS

WHAT IS HEMATOLOGY

300

ACD

WHAT IS YELLOW

300

PT/INR

WHAT IS LIGHT BLUE

300

3RD CHOICE FOR PLB

WHAT IS BASILIC 

300

USED TO CLEAN SITE

WHAT IS ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL 

300

TYPE & SCREEN/ ANTIBODY SCREENS

WHAT IS BLOOD BANK

400

SODIUM CITRATE

WHAT IS LIGHT BLUE

400

TROPONIN

WHAT IS GREEN

400

UNDERSIDE OF WRIST, HEMATOMAS, SITES ON SAME SIDE AS MASTECTOMY 

WHAT IS SITES TO AVOID

400

USED TO LOCATE VEINS

WHAT IS TOURNIQUET 

400

BLOOD CLOT TIME 

 WHAT IS COAGULATION 

500

FLUORIDE OXALATE

WHAT IS GRAY TOP

500

GTT

WHAT IS GRAY

500

Dorsal Metacarpal Veins

WHAT IS VEINS ON BACK OF HAND

500

TO SEPARATE A PORTION OF SERUM/PLASMA

WHAT IS ALIQUOT

500

CULTURES, FUNGI, PARASITES

WHAT IS MICROBIOLOGY 

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