Hematology Flashcards
16g Needle
Grey Pigs
18g Needle
Green Horse, Cow, Large breed dogs
20g Needle
Pink Dogs
22g Needle
Blue Small dogs, cats
25g needle
Red Avian, neonates, Cats (femoral vein)
Purple Top Tube (PTT or LTT)
EDTA CBC
Green Top Tube (GTT)
Heparin Blood Gases
Blue Top Tube (BTT)
Sodium Citrate Coagulation Studies Tube must be full, mix, spin, plasma goes in another tube, refrigerate
Grey Top Tube (GreyTT)
Oxylate Glucose Studies
Red Top Tube (RTT)
Nothing Blood Chemistries
Red Ring Crit
Heparin PCV/TP direct from pt
Blue Ring Crit
Nothing PCV/TP from PTT
Black Ring Crit
Heparin Avian/Reptile CBC
PCV
Packed Cell Volume % of whole blood that is made up of RBC’s
TP
Total Protein Amount of protein present in the fluid portion of blood
Plasma
the fluid portion of anticoagulated blood
Serum
the fluid portion of coagulated blood
RBC normal ranges
RBC/ul Dog 5-10 Cat 5-11
WBC normal ranges
WBC/ul Dog 6,000- 17,000 Cat 5,500- 19,500
Corrected WBC
Only do if >5 nRBC’s WBC x 100 / nRBC’s + 100
Platelet normal ranges
Dog/Cat 200,000- 500,000 plts/ul
MCV normal ranges
Dog 60-70 fl Cat 39-55 fl
MCHC normal ranges
Dog/Cat 30-36 g/dl
MCV math/units
PCV x 10 / RBC = fl
MCHC math/units
Hgb x 100 / PCV= g/dl
MCH math/units
Hgb x 10 / RBC= pg
Observed Retics math/units
Retics / 1000 x 100= %