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Test tube

QuestionAnswer
Anticoagulation in a green top is: Sodium Heparin
Gold top tubes are the same as: Tiger top tubes
What is the blood to anticoagulant ratio in citrate tubes 9 parts blood to 1 part citrate
What tube is drawn for a liver panel SST, tiger top, or Gold
What is the heavy metal trace element tube Royal blue
What tube is used for a lactic acid grey top on ice
Is there a difference with needles in order of draw? None unless it is a capillary draw
Light blue top does not have to be completely filled? False
Meaning of cyanotic? Turning blue due to lack of oxygen
Non-sterile order of draw does not include blood culture
PTT, renal panel, CBC, blood culture; what order are they drawn in? blood culture, PTT, renal panel, CBC
Received a test order for ammonia and bilirubin, how are they drawn? bilirubin: SST protected from light, ammonia: green top on ice
Sterile order of draw includes blood culture
Tube without anticoagulant serum tube
Two most common tests done on a light blue top? PT and aPTT
WBC count goes in which tube? Lavender
What are green top tubes? sodium, lithium, and ammonium
What are the three layers of the heart? epicardium, myocardium and endocardium
What are the two grey top additives? potassium oxalate and sodium fluoride
What color tubes contain EDTA? tan, lavender, pink, white, royal blue
What does PTT stand for? partial thromboplastin time
What does sodium citrate bind to? calcium
What do we draw for a pediatric lead level test? tan or royal blue
What is an ABG and where is it drawn from arterial blood gas from radial artery
What is a blood culture drawn in? blood culture bottles or yellow tube
What is a fomite objects or materials which are likely to carry infection, such as clothes, utensils, and furniture
What is syncope fainting
What is the additive in the lavender top EDTA
What is the pink top reserved for? blood bank
What needs to be added to a label when going to a blood bank? name, date of birth, time, date, collector initials
What should never be done with needles never recap
When drawing a metabolic and lipid panel which tube is used? SST
When running a chemistry test in a hospital, which two tubes are interchangeable? green and gold/SST
Which additive is in the lavender top? ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid
Which anticoagulant does not bind to calcium heparin
Which tests are protected from light bilirubin, vitamin C and vitamin B6
Which tube can be used as a discard tube no additive red top
Which tube contains antiglycolic agent grey
What tube contains potassium oxalate? grey
Which tube contains sodium citrate light blue
Which tube contains sodium fluoride grey
Which tube contains sodium heparin green
Which tube is used for diabetes testing grey
Which tube is used for lead levels royal blue
Which tubes are non-additives clear red plastic or red glass
Which tubes contain thixotropic gel light green, gold, and all SST tubes
Why do we have an order of draw to avoid mixture of additives
Centrifuging a sample a second time is known to: increase potassium level by 47%
Centrifuging a sample improperly: platelets remain in serum raising potassium levels
Pouring blood from one tube to another is: a no no, alters results
red cells that rupture due to poor collection is called: hemolysis
incorrect order of draw can result in: cross contamination
We do not draw above an IV or while it is running because: there is contamination, diluted sample
Pumping the fist does what to the potassium level in a patient? makes a normal level look critical or a critically low level look normal
Created by: CWillems
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