Order of Draw & Tube Info

Question 1

List the order of draw from first to last (10)

Answer 1

1. Blood cultures (aerobic, then anaerobic)
2. Lt. blue
3. Red (plastic)
4. SST (gold)
5. PST (lt. green / mint)
6. Dk. green
7. Lavender
8. Pink
9. Gray
10. Royal blue / navy

Question 2

What is in a light blue tube and where does it go? (2)

Answer 2

1. Lt blue = sodium citrate (clot activator)

2. Coagulation

Question 3

What additive is in the red (plastic) tube and what department does it go to? (2)

Answer 3

1. Red (plastic) = clot activator

2. Chemistry

Question 4

What 2 components are in the additive for SST and PST tubes and where do they go? (3)

Answer 4

1. Clot activator
2. Gel separator
3. Chemistry

Question 5

What type of additives does the dark green tubes have 3 of and where does the tube go? (2)

Answer 5

1. Dk. green = 3 types of heparin

2. Chemistry

Question 6

What additive is in both the lavender and pink tubes? (1)

Answer 6

EDTA

Question 7

Differentiate between the departments for pink and lavender tubes. (2)

Answer 7

1. Lavender → hematology

2. Pink → blood bank

Question 8

What are the 2 typical additives in the gray tubes and where do they go? (3)

Answer 8

1. Sodium fluoride
2. Potassium oxalate (K oxalate)
3. Chemistry

Question 9

List 4 activities occurring within blood bank / transfusion medicine / immunohematology and state the 2 tubes that are typically sent there.

Answer 9

1. Cross match
2. ABO typing
3. Packed cells
4. Screen and hold / screen and type
5. Pink or lavender tubes (EDTA)

Question 10

What is done in histology? (4)

Answer 10

1. Microtome cuts organ tissue
2. Float in the water bath and create slides
3. Staining, fixing, etc
4. Sends slide to cytologist or pathologist

Question 11

List 4 activities within the pathology department. (4)

Answer 11

1. Receives organ
2. Cuts/dissects tissue
3. Wax embedding on cassettes
4. Sends organ to histology

Question 12

What is the microbiology department focused on? (1)

Answer 12

Organisms → incubators, plating, etc

Question 13

What does the serology department do and on what 3 tubes? (2)

Answer 13

1. Toxicology → immunoglobulins, BACs, drugs, urine

2. Done on red, SST, PST

Question 14

When are tubes sent to the hemotology department, what do they test, and what tubes typically go there? (3)

Answer 14

1. Often where they start if they aren’t sure
2. Cells, RBCs, WBCs, whole blood
3. Lavender (EDTA)

Question 15

What does the cytology department look at and where are samples sent if cancer is found? (2)

Answer 15

1. Slides of all different kinds of tissues (incl organs and cells)
2. If cancer is found, it is sent to pathology

Question 16

What additive is in the coagulation department tubes and what colour are the tubes? (2)

Answer 16

1. Sodium citrate (clot activator)

2. Lt. blue

Question 17

What does the chemistry department deal with? (2)

Answer 17

1. Everything that doesn’t fall into the other departments

2. Deals with most organs; all about panels (liver function test, thyroid stimulating hormone test)