Phlebotomy Flashcards
(25 cards)
Additive for Yellow top tube
SPS (Sodium polyethanol sulfonate)
Additive for Light blue top tube
Sodium Citrate
Additive for Red top tube
None
Additive for Green top tube
Heparin
Additive for Lavender top tube
EDTA (Ehylenediaminetetraacetic acid)`
Additive for gray top tube
Sodium fluoride Potassium oxalate
Tubes for order of draw
Yellow, light blue, red, green, lavender, gray, yellow
Tests used in 1st yellow top
cultures
Tests in light light blue top
Pt, PTT, INR
Tests for red top tube
Routine chemistry tests (serum)
Tests for lavender top tube
CBC, Hgb, Hct, Sed rate
Tests for green top tube
STAT chemistry tests (plasma)
Tests to gray top tube
Glucose, ethanol, lactate, bicarbonate
Tests for royal blue top tube
trace elements
Additive for gold or tiger top tube
Thixotropic gel
venipuncture site for newborns or infants up to 6 months
heel stick and capillary blood
venipuncture site for children from 6 months to 2 years
capillary finger stick
Venipuncture restriction sites
fistulas, ports or mastectomy
What is used to disinfect the area for venipucture
70% alcohol pads
Location for application of tourniquet
3-4 in above venipuncture site
How long can you leave a tourniquet
1 min
Angle for venipuncture
15 to 30 degrees bevel facing up
What happens if you leave the tourniquet too long
hemoconcentration
What happens if you shake the tubes
Hemolysis
