Ohio School of Phlebotomy UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
First in Order of Draw Yellow, ADD:SPS, TEST: Blood Cultures
Second in Order of Draw Light Blue, ADD: Sodium Citrate, TEST: PT,PTT
Orange Tube 7.5 minutes to clot; Used to obtain serum
Third in Order of Draw Red, no add, tests drug levels
Fourth in Order of Draw Tiger red/Gold, ADD: Clot activator/ gel serperator
Fifth in Order of Draw Light Green, ADD:lithium heparin, anticoagulant, obtain plasma
Sixth in Order of Draw Dark Green, ADD: Sodium heparin, obtain plasma
Seventh in Order of Draw Lavender/Purple, ADD:EDTA, anticoagulant, TEST: CBC, RBC
Pink Tubes K2EDTA, test blood type
Eighth in Order of Draw White, K2EDTA, Storage
Ninth in Order of Draw Gray, sodium fluoride or potassium oxolate, glucose test
Tenth in Order of Draw Light yellow, DNA test
Royal Blue tube test metals in blood
Tan Tubes Lead levels
PTT Test Partial Thromboplastin Time; Monitor Heparin dosage
Polycythemia Production of too many RBC
Anemia Lower than normal number of RBC
Leukemia Higher than normal number of WBC
Thrombocytosis High platelets
thyrombocytopenia low platelets
Hematoma blood tumor
and CORRECT Answers
First in Order of Draw Yellow, ADD:SPS, TEST: Blood Cultures
Second in Order of Draw Light Blue, ADD: Sodium Citrate, TEST: PT,PTT
Orange Tube 7.5 minutes to clot; Used to obtain serum
Third in Order of Draw Red, no add, tests drug levels
Fourth in Order of Draw Tiger red/Gold, ADD: Clot activator/ gel serperator
Fifth in Order of Draw Light Green, ADD:lithium heparin, anticoagulant, obtain plasma
Sixth in Order of Draw Dark Green, ADD: Sodium heparin, obtain plasma
Seventh in Order of Draw Lavender/Purple, ADD:EDTA, anticoagulant, TEST: CBC, RBC
Pink Tubes K2EDTA, test blood type
Eighth in Order of Draw White, K2EDTA, Storage
Ninth in Order of Draw Gray, sodium fluoride or potassium oxolate, glucose test
Tenth in Order of Draw Light yellow, DNA test
Royal Blue tube test metals in blood
Tan Tubes Lead levels
PTT Test Partial Thromboplastin Time; Monitor Heparin dosage
Polycythemia Production of too many RBC
Anemia Lower than normal number of RBC
Leukemia Higher than normal number of WBC
Thrombocytosis High platelets
thyrombocytopenia low platelets
Hematoma blood tumor