Phlebotomy Flashcards
which type of tubes are meant to clot? not clot?
Serum tubes: want it to clot
Plasma tubes: don’t want it to clot, anticoagulant
types of serum tubes
Red plastic
Gold & Tiger top: serum separator tube (SST)
Orange: fast clotting
colors of plasma tubes
red glass
light blue
light & dark green
lavender
pink
white
grey
yellow
royal blue
light blue
Additive: sodium citrate
Used for: coags
Light & dark green
Additive: heparin
Used for: plasma separator gel (PST), chemistry & genetics
Lavender
Additive: EDTA
Used for: CBC
Pink
Additive: EDTA
Used for : T&C (type & cross)
White
Additive : EDTA
Used for: whole blood hematology
Grey
Additive: oxalate
Used for: glucose
Yellow (ACD)
Additive: ACD
Used for: DNA - paternity test
Yellow (SPS)
Additive: SPS
Used for: blood cx (culture)
Royal blue
Used for: testing for trace elements, toxicology, nutrition
Lavender strip (EDTA)
Green strip (heparin)
Red strip (no additive)
order of draw
Blood Cultures
Light Blue Tube
Serum Tubes
Green
Lavender, Pink, White
Grey
Yellow
Royal Blue
Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
Potassium, glucose, sodium, calcium, BUN (blood, urea, nitrogen), creatinine, chloride
Serum separator tube, heparin tube
Complete Blood Count (CBC)
WBC, RBC, H & H, platelet count
EDTA tube
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)
Protein, bilirubin, albumin, liver enzymes (ALP, ALT, AST), & everything included in the BMP
Serum separator tube, heparin tube
Lipid Panel
HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides
Serum separator tube, heparin tube
Capillary order of draw
Blood gasses
EDTA tubes
All other plasma tubes
Serum tubes
order of preferred antecubital puncture sites
Most common antecubital vein to puncture = median cubital vein
Cephalic vein is the backup vein
Third choice is the basilic vein
