Microbiology Tube
Common test include B12, Testosterone, HcG
What is Yellow
100
How many times do you invert the Yellow top tube?
What is 8-10 times?
100
Addative in Blue and Black Top Tubes.
Removes calcium to keep blood from clotting.
What is Sodium Citrate (NaC)
Caution - Some blue tubes do not have addatives
100
How long should you leave the turniquet on for?
What is no more than 1 minute, or until sufficient blood flow is established?
100
Before what color tube must you draw a discard tube if this is first tube drawn, and why?
Hint: a common lab drawn with this vial is PT and INR
What is Blue, because the tube must be full and we want to make sure no air is sucked into the vacutainer?
200
Coagulation Tube
Used for testing platelet function, routine coagulation
MUST BE A FULL DRAW
Common tests include - PT, PTT, APTT, INR
What is Light Blue or Blue
200
How many times do you invert the Light Blue tube?
What is continuous - you do not want this to clot. As many times as possible?
200
Addative found in Purple/Lavendar topped tubes.
Used for whole blood and plasma determination by preventing clotting.
Common tests include CBC
What is EDTA
200
When using the butterfly method what degree angle is the needle inserted at and threaded into vein?
What is 5-10 degree angle?
200
The following elements are used for, or have what function?
Silica (glass); Celite (inert clay); Thrombin; SSTs = Serum separator tubes
What is clot activators?
300
Chemistry Test
Used for Chemistry, Serology, Immunology, and Blood Bank testing.
Commonly used for blood donor screening, diagnostic testing for ID
What is Red
300
How many times do you invert the Red top tube?
What is 4-5 times?
300
The density of this gel is between that of cells and serum or plasma. Used to separate these.
What is Thixotropic Gel
300
What is the tequnique of using your finger to feel for a vein called and which finger should you never use?
What is palpating, and the thumb?
300
What instruments are used to draw capillary blood?
What is lancet?
400
Chemistry Tube - SST ( serum Seperator Tube)
Serum specimens collected for diagnostic testing for ID, Routine Testing
(Multiple answers - name 3)
What is Gold, Tiger Top, Red/Yellow/Black
400
What is a device that is used to spin blood specimens in order to seperate the different components?
What is Centrifuge?
400
Anti-glycolytic agents have what additice?
Also used for Fasting blood sugar (FBS); Glucose tolerance test (GTT); Blood alcohol levels; Lactic acid measurement
Addative used in Gray Top Tubes.
What is Sodium Fluoride
400
Name three methods of venipuncture
What is butterfly, vacuum, and syringe method?
400
Tubes are made from materials that are as free of trace element contamination as possible; they typically contain EDTA, heparin, or no additive.
What is TRACE-ELEMENT-FREE TUBES?
This would be a blue tube used for PT/INR
500
Chemistry Tube
Used for STAT chemistry order - plasma testing in chemistry.
PST (Plasma Separator Tube) - gel for centrifuge separation
Common tests include - TSH
What is Green, Light Green, Green/Gray
500
How many times to you invert the following tubes?
Gold, Tiger tip, Red/Yellow/Black, Green, Light Green, Green/Gray, Purple/Lavender, Pink, Gray, Royal Blue, Tan
What is 6-8 times?
500
Green/Gray or Light Green tubes have what addative?
This adative slows down/ stops thrombin in the coagulation cascade.
It's not used for hematology because it interferes with the Wright's stained blood smear
What is heparin & gel separator
500
What are the scientific names used when referring to blood cells?
What is Erythrocytes, Leukocytes and Thrombocytes?
500
The complete order of draw.
Assuming patient has high fever, and has just returned from traveling deep in the jungle so we will need to draw every lab!
What is 1.Blood cultures (Sterile media bottles - discard tube) 2.Lt. blue 3.Red 4.Gold/red-gray 5.Lt. green/green 6.Lav./Purple/Pink 7. Gray