Phlebotomy Equipment
Additives
Order Of Draw
What am I?
What's in me?
100

The most commonly used 

What is a 21 gauge/Lumen needle

100

I can separate two components from blood

Thixotropic Gel

100

I am Second

Light Blue Tube

100

Can be used to stop blood flow

Tourniquet

100

Grey Tube

Sodium Fluoride

200

Used to clean the skin in routine venipuncture

70% Isopropyl Alcohol 

200

I am added to the green tubes

Heprin

200

SST Tube

Clot Activators/Thixotropic Gel

300

I can light you up when you're hard to find

Trans illumination device or vein finder

300

I get sent to the coagulation department

Light blue tube

400

I am used for small or difficult veins

Winged Infusion Set or Butterfly

400

Added to the lavender tube

EDTA

500

I can be attached to a syringe

Hypodermic Needle