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FREE PHLEBOTOMY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AMCA
PHLEBOTOMY EXAM
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Question 1: Which test might require 'chain of custody?'
Answer:
Drug Test
Question 2: What are RED tubes used for?
Answer:
Serum determinations in chemistry testing and blood bank testing.
Question 3: Which color tube is used for lead testing?
Answer:
Tan
Question 4: What hormone is detected in a positive urine pregnancy test?
Answer:
HCG
Question 5: What is the correct order of draw when performing a venipuncture?
Answer:
- Blood Cultures
- Light Blue top-tubes
- Red or Speckled tubes
- Green top tubes
- Lavender top tubes
- Gray top tubes
Question 6: What is the CLSI Order of Draw?
Answer:
- Yellow - Sterile
- Light Blue top-Coagulation
- Red - Serum
- Red Tiger Top - SST
- Light Green - Lithium Heparin
- Dark Green - Sodium Heparin
- Lavender - EDTA
- Gray - Glycolytic inhibitor
Question 7: What is the additive in TAN stopper tubes?
Answer:
EDTA - Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid
Question 8: What are YELLOW tubes used for?
Answer:
Blood culture and sterile specimens
Question 9: Which color tube stopper does not require an additive?
Answer:
Red
Question 10: What are GREEN tubes used for?
Answer:
Routine chemistry testing
Question 11: Tests done in the blood bank require what color tube?
Answer:
Red or Lavender or Pink
Question 12: What does the additive Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) do?
Answer:
Binds the calcium needed for clot formation.
Question 13: What is the additive in GREEN stopper tubes?
Answer:
Sodium heparin and lithium heparin - natural anticoagulants that inhibits thrombin.
Question 14: What are LAVENDER tubes used for?
Answer:
Hematology testing (CBC, reticulocyte count, erythrocyte sedimentation).
Question 15: Which additive prevents coagulation by binding calcium?
Answer:
Sodium Citrate
Question 16: What are GRAY tubes used for?
Answer:
Glucose tolerance and lactic acid measurement.
Question 17: What is the additive in Yellow stopper tubes?
Answer:
Sodium Polyanetholesulfonate
Question 18: What is the additive in GRAY stopper tubes?
Answer:
Sodium fluoride and Potassium Oxalate
Question 19: A urine C & S is typically ordered to detect what?
Answer:
U.T.I.
Question 20: What are ROYAL BLUE and TAN tubes used for?
Answer:
Used to collect samples for nutritional studies, therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicology. Also used for testing aluminum, copper, arsenic, calcium, etc. Tan topped is used for lead testing.
Question 21: What are BLUE tubes used for?
Answer:
Coagulation tests (PT, PTT, fibrinogen)
Question 22: What color tube is used for DNA testing?
Answer:
Yellow
Question 23: What additive *can* (not required) be added to RED stopper tubes?
Answer:
Thixotropic gel
Question 24: What is the additive in LAVENDER stopper tubes?
Answer:
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA)
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