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