ABBREVIATIONS
CMP
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
Blood Cultures, LIGHT BLUE, Serum Tubes (tiger top/marble top/gold top), RED, GREEN, LAVENDER, and GRAY.
What is THE ORDER OF DRAW
This tube is used to draw a glucose only level
What is A GRAY TOP TUBE
Another name for RBC - Red Blood Cells
What is AN ERYTHROCYTE
Veins in the antecubital area
What is THE CEPHALIC, BASILIC AND MEDIAN CUBITAL
ESR
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
This tube has no additive
What is A RED TOP
Tube needed for a CBC
What is A LAVENDER or PURPLE TOP TUBE
Another name for WBC - White Blood Cells
What is A LEUKOCYTE
What are approved lab tests for CMAs to perform called?
What are CLIA WAIVED TESTS
This tube has EDTA as the additive
What is A LAVENDER or PURPLE TOP TUBE
Tube needed for a PT, PTT & INR
What is A LIGHT BLUE TOP
This straw colored portion of blood that has been centrifuged is called what?
Plasma or Serum
This would be drawing blood from a finger or heel
What is A CAPILLARY PUNCTURE
INR
International Normalized Ratio
This tube has Fluoride as the additive
What is A GRAY TOP TUBE
This ordered blood test requires an extra step of cleaning the skin
What is A BLOOD CULTURE
This is the straw colored portion of centrifuged blood that has not been anticoagulated
What is SERUM
This is the study of the shape of blood cells
What is MORPHOLOGY
TSH
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone
This tube has Sodium Citrate as the additive
What is A LIGHT BLUE TUBE TOP
What tube do you need to draw a STAT Chemistry Panel?
What is A GREEN TOP/Heparin Tube
The cells attacked by HIV
What are T CELLS
PT, PTT & INR
What are COAGULATION TESTS