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 Stool Specimen For Culture, OVA & Parasites, Clostridium Difficile Toxin A & B Urine Culture Microbiology Collection & Temperature Summary SPECIMEN REJECTION CRITERIA
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