NHA Phlebotomy Certification Study Guide questions and answers latest top score.

NHA Phlebotomy Certification Study Guide questions and answers latest top score. Order Of Draw - correct answers.1) Sterile Blood Cultures 2) Light Blue Top 3) Red Top 4) SST (Tiger Top) Serum Separator Tube 5) PST (Light Green Top) Plasma Separator Tube 6) Green Top 7) Lavender Top 8) Gray Top Sterile Blood Culture or (Yellow Top) - correct answers.Additive: Media or SPS Tests: Looks for bacteria in the blood Light Blue Top - correct answers.Additive: Sodium Citrate Type: Anticoagulant Tests: Coagulation Studies: PT, PTT, APTT Binds to calcium to prevent coagulation Tube must be completely full 9:1 ratio Inverted 3-4 times Red Top - correct answers.Additive: None Type: Coagulant Tests: Therapeutic Drug Levels Must stand for 30-60 minutes before centrifuging SST Serum Separator Tube (Tiger Top) - correct answers.Additive: Silica (clotting activator), Gel (separator) Type: Coagulant Tests: Chemistry Panels, TSH, Hep B, HIV, Random Glucose Must stand for 30-60 minutes before centrifuging PST Plasma Separator Tube (Light Green Top) - correct answers.Additives: Lithium Heparin, Gel Type: Anticoagulant Tests: STAT Chemistries, STAT Electrolytes Green Top - correct answers.Additive: Lithium, Sodium, Ammonium, Heparin Type: Anticoagulant Tests: Ammonia (on the rocks), Chromosome analysis Lavender Top - correct answers.Additive: EDTA Type: Anticoagulant Tests: CBC, WBC, Sed Rate, ESR, Hemoglobin, Hematocrit Additive will bind to calcium and prevent blood from clotting Gray Top - correct answers.Additive: Sodium Fluoride, Potassium Oxalate Type: Anticoagulant Tests: GTT, Fasting blood sugar (FBS), lactic acid (on ice), blood alcohol levels How much blood does average adult have? - correct answers.5-6 Liters Formed elements AKA Cells constitute how much of blood? - correct answers.45% Erythrocytes - correct answers.Red Blood Cells What is the life span of a RBC? - correct answers.120 days Leukocytes - correct answers.White blood cells What is the lifespan of a WBC? - correct answers.1 day- 1 year What are the three types of blood cells? - correct answers.1) Erythrocytes (RBC) 2) Leukocytes (WBC) 3) Thrombocytes (Platelets) Thrombocytes - correct answers.Platelets What is the life span of a thrombocyte? - correct answers.9-12 days Where are erythrocytes made? - correct answers.Bone Marrow What is the function of an erythrocyte? - correct answers.To transport oxygen and carbon dioxide Where are leukocytes made? - correct answers.Bone marrow How many types of WBC are there? - correct answers.5 lymphocytes monocytes eosinophils basophils neutrophils What are neutrophils? - correct cytic cells (like a Pac man)