Phhlebotomy

Question 1

Red stopper tubes

Answer 1

Do not contain an anticoagulant, used to obtain clotted blood or serum.

Question 2

Red/gray tube

Answer 2

Used to obtain serum. Contain clot activator.

Question 3

Lavender tubes

Answer 3

Contain the anticoagulant EDTA. Used to collect whole blood or plasma. (CBC)

Question 4

Light blue tube

Answer 4

Contain the anticoagulant sodium citrate. Used to collect whole blood or plasma, commonly used for quite elation tests such as PT.

Question 5

Green tubes

Answer 5

Contain the anticoagulant heparin, commonly used to collect blood specimens to perform blood gas determinations and pH essays.

Question 6

Great tubes

Answer 6

Contain sodium fluoride as a preservative and potassium oxalate as an anticoagulant. These tubes are used to obtain whole blood or plasma, commonly used to perform oral glucose tolerance test.

Question 7

Royal blue tubes

Answer 7

Contain either EDTA or no additive it all these tubes are made of a specifically or find glass and a rubber stopper. Used for the detection of trace elements such as lead, zinc, arsenic, and copper.

Question 8

Order of draw

Answer 8

Blood culture tubes (yellow stopper).

Coagulation tubes (light blue stoppers).

Serum tubes (red or red gray, gold)

Anticoagulant tubes (in the following order: green, lavender, royal blue, gray.

Question 9

Intramuscular injection

Answer 9

90° angle

Question 10

Subcutaneous injection

Answer 10

45° angle

Question 11

Intradermal injection

Answer 11

10 to 15° angle