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The BD Vacutainer® Blood Collection System
Order of Draw for
BD Plus Vacutainer’® tubes
Phlebotomy Technique: Recommended Order of Draw'
Closure Colour | Collection Tubs
Sterile samples
(e.g., Blood Cultures)
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Citrate tubes’ 3 to 4 times
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ACD tubes 8 to 10 times
SST“II Gel tubes 8 to 10 times
3 Plain S b
jain Serum tubes .
(with clot activator) Coe es
PST"II Gel tubes 8 to 10 times
4
Heparin tubes 8 to 10 times
5 EDTA tubes 8 to10 times
6 Fluoride Oxalate and 8 to 10 times
Fluoride EDTA (glucose tubes)
"This tube ic acceptable for routine coagulation testing (eg, 3FT and PNR) For soe special
coagustontestng where low evel aclaton of coagulation factors may bef particular oneor,**
{the us of a sacond blue top tbe as cord tbe recommended Because of dead space’
inthe ube of winged (outer) ses, 2 dscard ube should abo be used where smal aw
‘oluma’ (mL, 27 mi crate bes are the fist dau and a waged collection sets used
+ ciation may ba induce by tse foto (sue thromboplastin introduced nto
‘hein sample steam asthe ed overs the sdbcutaneoxs tue
Note regarding ESR: In acordance with LS (Cliical & Laboratory Standards stu)
formar NCCLS recommendations, ESR bes shoud be placed at poston 2 above
Bacau ther anton nthe ode snot cial a for ate specmens for coagulation
‘esting, ts common practice o ples this tube ot the en ofthe st provide greater
Print tubes that will general be equred or more cincall mportant ess
[Link] (Cina & Laboratory Standard sti oemery NCCLS document H3-AS "Procedures
far the Colleton of agnostic Blood Specmens by Veipuncture’ th Eaton, Dec. 2003
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