| A | B |
|---|
| Capillary Puncture | requires a superficial puncture of the skin |
| Capillary Tube | used for collection of a small amount of blood for testing |
| Middle or ring finger of dominant hand | place to perform capillary puncture |
| lancet | needle used to perform capillary puncture |
| smear slide | applying a drop of blood onto a microscope slide |
| anti-coagulant | substance added to tubes to prevent clotting |
| serum separator | gel-like barrier between serum and blood components |
| Stains | used to make viewing under a microscope easier |
| CBC | ordered for specific testing on whole blood or it's parts |
| Differential CBC | ordered to view different WBC's |
| Platelet count | ordered to count the # of platelets in a sample |
| Hematocrit | how much volume is made up of RBC's in a sample |
| Hemoglobin | tests levels of iron in the blood |
