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)
  • Short Green Top Tube (Lithium Heparin) - (Use for Routine Chemistry, Ionized Calcium)
  • Tall Green Top Tube – (Use for Ferritin, Hepatitis, PTH, HIV, Vitamin D)
  • Lavender Top Tube (K2EDTA) – (Use For Hematology, Hemoglobin A₁c, Fluid Cell Count)
  • Black Top Tube - (KRU, Creatinine Clearance, PDA, PET)
  • Gold/White 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 (Gold/White Tube Top)
  • Recirculation Study
  • Urine Specimens
    • Instructions for Urine Collection
• Microbiology
  • General Guidelines
  • Use of Culture Swabs
  • Blood Culture
  • Exit Site Culture
  • Effluent Fluid Culture & Gram Stain
  • Throat Culture
  • Stool Specimen For Culture, VRE, Ova & Parasites, Clostridium Difficile Toxin A & B
  • Urine Culture
  • MRSA Screen
  • Routine Culture
• Microbiology Collection & Temperature Summary
• SPECIMEN REJECTION CRITERIA