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Order of Draw
Additives
Tests
Misc
Inversion
100
What are the last 2 tubes to be drawn?
What Gray and all others.
100
What additive is in the Lavendar tube?
What is EDTA.
100
Which tube is used to test electrolytes and for TAT chemistry tests and is ordered most often after surgeries?
What is PST.
100
Which tube is used when testing for Mono?
What is the Red tube.
100
How many times are the Lavendar and the Gray tubes inverted?
What is 5-8 times?
200
What are the fourth and fifth tubes to be drawn?
What are the PST and Lavendar tubes
200
What additive is in the PST Tube?
What is Heparin
200
Which tube is used for testing of Vitamin D levels, Electrolyte balances, Mono, and drug level analyses?
What is Red
200
Which tubes have no additives?
What are Sterile, Red & sometimes royal blue (all others)
200
How many times are the SST & PST tubes inverted?
What is 5-8 times
300
What is the third tube to be drawn?
What is SST Serum Separator Tube
300
What additive is in the SST tube?
What is none it contains Silica and a gel barrier
300
Which tube is used in most chemistry tests?
What is the SST tube.
300
Which tube(s) is used when testing for cancer?
What is Light purple or light yellow.
300
How many times do you invert a Red tube?
What is not at all.
400
What is the second tube to be drawn
What is Light Blue
400
What additive is used in the Sterile tube?
What none it has a clot activator; arobic tubes are drawn with air; anerobic are w/o air and are to be drawn first.
400
Which tube is used for testing PT/INR?
What is the light blue tube.
400
Which tube is used to collect blood to test for a CBC, Hct, Hgb, and Glyco testing?
What is the Lavendar tube.
400
How many times is a Lt blue tube inverted?
What is 3-4 times depending on the test
500
What is the first tube to be drawn?
What is Sterile
500
What additive is used in the Light blue tube?
What is Sodium Citrate.
500
Which tube is used when the patient has a fever of an unknown origin?
What is Sterile.
500
What is the additive in the Gray tube?
What is sodium oxilate/fluoride
500
How many times is a sterile tube inverted?
What is 5-8 times