| A | B |
|---|
 | COLLECTED BEFORE LAVENDAR TOP |
 | USED TO COLLECT SPECIMEN FOR CEA |
 | USED TO GET A SPECIMEN WHEN TESTING FOR MARIJUANA |
 | USED TO GET A SPECIMAN FOR TYPE AND CROSSMATCH |
 | TUBE CAN BE USED FOR TOXICOLOGY SCREENING |
 | TUBE USED TO RUN A HEP C VIRUS RNA |
 | TUBE USED TO COLLECT HEMATOCRIT OR HEMOGLOBIN |
| BASILIC VEIN | LAST VEIN TO USE FOR VENIPUNCTURE |
| ALCOHOL | USED TO CLEAN THE VENIPUNCTURE SITE |
| YELLOW TOP TUBES WITH SPS USED FOR | BLOOD CULTURES |
| LIGHT BLUE STOPPER W/SODIUM CITRATE | USED FOR ROUTINE COAGULATION STUDIES |
 | USED FOR STAT TESTS IN CHEMISTRY |
| PLASMA | CLEAR, PALE YELLOW FLUID ON TOP OF RBCs |
| WHOLE BLOOD | COLLECTED IN A TUBE THAT HAS AN ANTICOAGULANT |
| ALBUMIN | MADE IN THE LIVER AND HELPS TO REGULATE OSMOTIC PRESSURE IN THE BODY |
| ANALYTES | SUBSTANCES IN BLOOD SPECIMENS |
| THROMBIN | AN ADDITIVE IN TUBES THAT HELPS BLOOD CLOT QUICKER |
| HEMOCONCENTRATION | IF TOURNIQUET LEFT ON IN PLACE FOR OVER A MINUTE |
| PEAK/TROUGH LEVELS | DONE TO MONITOR THERAPEUTIC DRUG LEVELS MEDICATIONS |
| CLSI | ORGANIZATION THAT RECOMMENDS THE ORDER OF DRAW |
