Order of Draw

Question 1

Order of Draw

Answer 1

1. Yellow-blood cultures, sterile
2. Light Blue-coagulation tests, always drawn before
   anticoagulation or clot activators, fill
   completely
3. Red
4. Gold-contain clot activators
5. Green-contains heparin
6. Lavender-contains EDTA, binds metals, can give false
   high calcium or false low potassium
7. Grey-contains potassium oxalate, elevates potassium
   in electrolyte analysis, oxalate damages cell
   membranes, and sodium fluoride elevated sodium
   levels and inhibits many enzymes.

Question 2

Order of Draw by additive

Answer 2

1. Yellow-SPS
2. Light Blue- sodium citrate
3. Red-clot activators in plastic
4. Gold-SSTs,clot activators,polymer gel
5. Green- heparin, polymer gel
6. Lavender- K2 EDTA
7. Grey- potassium oxalate, iodoacetate, sodium fluoride