order of draw

Question 1

Sterile bood cultures, media tubes yellow topped tube

Answer 1

• Contains acd or sps
• If patient comes with a fever of UNO; doctor might order blood culture on them
• Try not to contaminate the specimen with microorgamis om the skin; this is why it’s important for skin to be disinfected
• Use vacuum system to avoid contamination
• Vial should be gently inverted 8 times imeddietly after collection
• Each culture tube requires 10 ml in each ottle

Question 2

Light blue topped tube

Answer 2

• Used for prothrombin time (PT)
• Use this test to see how thin their blood is
• Additive is : sodium citrate
• ALWAYS make sure to adequately fill this tube
• After spinning the tube, plasma formed, tube should be inverted 3-4 times

Question 3

Serum separator tubes sst

Answer 3

• Tube can be gold, specled red/gray (tiger top), or red and black
• Some contain no additive, some contain a clot activator, serum tubes must be allowed to clot for 30 minutes; prior to centrifugation
• Serum tubes are used to perform chemistry blood collections (CMP, BMP, HEPATIC, LIPS, ETC)

Question 4

RAPID SERUM TUBES rst

Answer 4

Orange tube
STAT collection
Only need to clot 5 min

Question 5

RED TOPPED TUBE

Answer 5

• Used for discard tubes and drugmonitoring
• No gel at bottom which can effect some drug related test
• After blood has clotted  spun down to create serum

Question 6

LAVENDER TOPPED TUBES

Answer 6

• EDTA
• Blood will never clot
• Used for hematology
• Inverted 8to 10 times
• Used for CBC (complete blood counts) should never be centrifuged
  o Cause break of platelets

Question 7

PINK TOPPED TUBES

Answer 7

• Blood banking
• Edta
• Cross match, type and screen
• 8-10 invert

Question 8

GRAY TOPPED TUBES

Answer 8

• Used for glucose studies
• Additive: potassium ocalate and sodium floride.
• The ant glyolic agent and inhibitor = terms for tube additive= slows down chemical processs of glucose breakdown

Question 9

LIGHT YELLOW TOPPED TUBES

Answer 9

• Contains ACD = acid citrus dextrose
• Used for blood collections ie dna

Question 10

ROYAL OR DARK BLUE TOPPED TUBES

Answer 10

• Free of element contamination
  o Lead testing, trace element testing, etc
• Contain edta, sodium citrate, heparin serum tubes
• Labelo tube will indicate what additive it contains