Routine Venipuncture
What is the difference between arteries and veins.
Arteries are muscular, and they pulse with the heart. They carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart. Veins are elastic, they carry deoxygentated blood back to the heart.
What is the additive in the light blue tube?
Sodium citrate, Na citrate
What are the main veins used in phlebotomy?
Cephalic, basilic, and median cubital
List the order of draw by additives
sterile or none, sodium citrate, SST, gel separator, Heparin, EDTA
This heart chamber receives blood returning from the lungs.
Left Atrium
List the order of draw by color.
blood cultures/light blue, red, gold, red & black marble, light then dark green, lavender or pink, gray