SPECIMEN COLLECTION & HANDLING Labeling Instructions Preparation, Collection & Processing Instructions Order of Draw Heparin Effect Centrifuge Technique General Testing Royal Blue Top Tube (K2 EDTA) – (Use for Aluminum, Zinc, Other Trace Metals) Light Blue Top Tube (Sodium Citrate) – (Use for Prothrombin Time or PT) Red Top Tube (w/ Gel - Clot Activator) – (Use for Therapeutic Drugs, Carnitine) Green Top Tube (Lithium Heparin) - (Use for Routine Chemistry, Ionized Calcium) Tall Green Top Tube – (Use For Ferritin, Hepatitis, PTH, HIV, Vitamin D (Non-NY)) Lavender Top Tube (K2EDTA) – (Use For Hematology, Hemoglobin A₁c, Fluid Cell Count) Black Top Tube - (KRU, Creatinine Clearance, PDA, PET) Green/Yellow Top Tube (Lithium Heparin) - (Post Dialysis Testing) Special Testing Coagulation Draw Volume Guide Occult Blood PD (Peritoneal Dialysis) PD Fluid Cell Count PD Peritonitis Collection Method PD Timed Urine & PD Fluid Collection Method PET Standard (Peritoneal Equilibrium Test) Post Dialysis Sampling (Green/Yellow Tube Top) Recirculation Study Urine Specimens Microbiology General Guidelines Use of Culture Swabs Blood Culture Exit Site Culture Fluid Culture Throat Culture, MRSA Screen Sputum Culture Stool Specimen For Culture, OVA & Parasites, Clostridium Difficile Toxin A & B Urine Culture Microbiology Collection & Temperature Summary SPECIMEN REJECTION CRITERIA
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