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Question | Answer |
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Sodium Citrate | Chemistry |
Which test is the Lavender tube used for | CBC - helps preserves cell shape |
best vein to draw from | Median Cubital |
What additives are in the Lavender tube | EDTA |
Dorsal Recumbent | Patient laying on back with knees bent and feet flat on the examination table |
Prone | Patient laying flat on stomach with knees straight, arms can be either under head or at sides |
Green tube additive | Heparin |
Light blue tube additive | Sodium Citrate |
Order of tubes drawn | Sterile, Light Blue, Red, SST, Light Green, Green, Lavender, Grey |
3 types of blood specimens | Whole blood, serum, plasma |
Hemostasis | the process which by the body stops blood from leaking out of the wound |
Definition of Serum | Plasma without clotting factors |
hbA1c | glycated hemoglobin |
What serum do is needed for hbA1c test | EDTA - ethylenediamineteteraacetic acid |
EDTA tubes | Lavender, Pink, Purple, Pearl |
Coagulation tubes | Light blue |
Plasma Separator rubes | Green, Gray |
Gray tube contains | Potassium oxalate, good for glucose levels |