Tube Colors and Tests
You receive an order for a CBC, what color tube will you use?
Lavender
SST is the additive for what color tube?
Gold
what is the part of the needle that connects to the syringe called?
Hub
You have orders to draw a CBC and a Complete Metabolic Panel, what are the colors you need and which would you draw first?
Lavender and Red, Red comes first
Most commonly used antiseptic?
Rubbing Alcohol
You have an order for Blood Cultures, what color tube will you use?
Yellow
What is the additive for Light Blue?
Citrate
What is the angled tip of the needle called?
Bevel
You have orders for a Blood Culture and a Downs Screening, what are the colors you draw and which on comes first?
Yellow and Gold, Yellow first
What gauge of needle is used for adults?
21
what color tube is for Coagulation?
Light Blue
Heparin is the additive for what color tube?
Green
the long part of the needle is called?
Shaft
You have orders for a Glucose Tolerance Test and a Blood Group Cross Matching Test, what colors do you need and which one is first?
Gray and Pink, Pink is first
What type of needle is used for a vacutainer?
Multisample Needle
Your doing a Glucose Tolerance Test, what color tube will you be using?
Gray
EDTA is the additive for what color tube?
Lavender
What is the hollow part of the needle called?
Lumen
You have a STAT chem test and a coagulation test, what colors do you need and which one is first?
Green and Light Blue, Light Blue comes first
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What color tube do you use for a Complete Metabolic Panel?
Red
What color tube is Bacteria Growth Medium the additive for?
Yellow
What part of the needle needs to be pointed up?
Bevel
You have an order for three tests, RBC, Potassium, and Ethanol. What colors do you need and what order do you take them?
Lavender, Red, and Gray.
1st: Red
2nd: Lavender
3rd: Gray
Chemicals that promote or prevent changes in the blood?
Additives