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Collection Tube Additive
What department is it?

Infection Prevention
Medical Abbreviations
Miscellaneous Laboratory
100
EDTA
What is a lavender top tube?
100
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
What is chemistry?
100
The single most effective way to avoid contamination.
What is hand washing?
100
CBC
What is complete blood count?
100
The maximum length of time a tourniquet can remain on a patients' arm before it must be removed.
What is 1 minute?
200
Na Citrate
What is a light blue top tube?
200
Thrombotic Studies
What is coagulation?
200
Another alternative to hand washing.
What is alcohol based hand sanitizer?
200
PTT
What is partial thromboplastin time?
200
Centrifuged "whole" blood, yields this product.
What is plasma?
300
Thixotropic Gel
What is an SST or PST tube?
300
Urine pregnancy test.
What is urinalysis?
300
Disinfectant applied to the site prior to a blood draw.
What is 70% alcohol?
300
FUO
What is Fever of Unknown Origin?
300
The most important part of the blood draw.
What is proper patient identification?
400
Oxalate
What is a gray top tube?
400
Sputum collected for C&S.
What is microbiology?
400
A series of components or events that lead to an infection.
What is chain of infection?
400
TIBC
What is Total Iron Binding Capacity?
400
QNS
What is quantity non-sufficient?
500
Clot activator
What is SST/Red top tubes?
500
Type and Crossmatch.
What is immunohematology/blood bank?
500
This precaution falls to the floor after extending out, up to 12 feet.
What is droplet?
500
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
What is an ESR/sed rate?
500
The only tube that doesn't get centrifuged.
What is the lavender tube?