1. Capillary Puncture - ANS ✔3rd or 4th finger for adults,
heel stick for infants; Lancet cut across ridges; hold the tube
horizontal when filling. Don't squeeze finger too tightly or
milk the finger. Wipe off 1st drop.
2. The vein can collapse - ANS ✔If you pull on the plunger of
the syringe too hard or too quickly during a draw or you use
too strong of a vacuum for the vein, this can happen...
3. Anticoagulant - ANS ✔An agent used to prevent blood
clotting and to keep the specimen whole blood
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4. Red top - ANS ✔NO ADDITIVE --- Clot Forms ----Serum
used for Chemistries, Electrolytes, Thyroids (TSH, T4),
Hormone, Liver, Kidney, Lipid studies, CMP, BMP.
5. Tiger top - ANS ✔Aka Red/Gray top: Clot activator additive
- Clot Forms - SERUM STUDIES
6. Lavender top - ANS ✔EDTA additive - No Clot - WHOLE
BLOOD for: Complete blood count (CBC), Blood smear, Blood
banking (ABO/Rh), ESR, HCT, Hmg,Glyco Alc ****Must be
filled sufficiently and inverted (gentle rocked) several
times****
7. Gold Top - ANS ✔Clot activator additive - Clot Forms -
SERUM Studies
8. Grey top - ANS ✔Sodium Fluoride/Potassium oxalate -
Glucose, Alcohol, FBS
9. Light blue top - ANS ✔Sodium citrate additive - No Clot -
Used for coagulation studies (PT, PTT) ****Tube must be
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