THANK YOU SO MUCH❣❣ My teacher is horrible at her job absolutely will not teach us this and expects us to just learn it all by ourselves. Your video has helped me more in 5 minutes than my teacher has taught us in 5 weeks.
The green tube isn't interchangable with the sst the tiger top is as they are the same thing.... Also the red isn't supposed to have any additive and is generally used for starting the draw for the light blue to give more accurate reading.
Andre Yes actually the gold tubes would be called sst's because that stands for serum separator tubes and the serum get separated from the red cells by the gel that's in the tube. I'm not sure if they call the green tubes sst's also, even though technically it would be separating plasma instead of serum because it still has the clotting factors in it. But it usually just refers to a tube that uses the gel to separate.
Medical Maura from what I’ve been told. Since the lite green tube is a PST it could technically be used instead of an SST tube but it would be used for “stat” results.
Eh, depends which ones you are talking about! haha, the basic ones I knew from school and going through the medical technology program. But some of the odd tests it took me looking up what type of blood tube to use a few times before I remembered. Our lab catalog/Quest's look up a test, can be your best friend! Also I took notes through out school in case I forgot and needed to look back!
@@zuley6957 yes technically serum tubes you are supposed to wait 30 minutes, but at some places I worked they just centrifuged omce it was clotted aka you flip it upside down and it doesn't move lol but plasma can be centrifuged right away since you dont have to wait for it to clot.
Medical Maura can anyone get infected with hiv if anyone intentionally used a used vacutainer needle on other patient? Will the blood clot in the needle after one use ? Will blood draw process occur if blood clots on the needle?
Sudipto Datta you could get it theoretically, yes. Depends on the type of vacuttainer needle.. the straight one, correct? There is a little filter in there I believe, so blood could clot and not allow for a second draw, I'm not sure, never have tried it, nor should you even on the same patient. Now with the butterfly needle, it would be harder to try and draw someone else because the clot would get stuck in the attached tubing and also be visible.
Sudipto Datta Dang! Idk how you can know for sure.. but usually the needles come with a cap covering on them, and then after the safety device is activated, so the needle is covered before and after. If you are pretty sure they are using used needles I would contact whoever they are an accredited lab through, because that isn't right, nor safe if it is true.
Nope, not all of them! Usually all chemistry tests ( green, gold, and red tops, grey tops), and coagulation tubes (blue), but we rarely centrifuge purple top tubes (hematology and CBC'S, and a1c's or glycolated hemaglobins), royal blue (lead testing), and anything that says it needs whole blood.
Did you learn while on the job what test goes in which tube? I am studying to be a phlebotomist but I am having a hard time memorizing what I just mentioned.
Yes I did learn on the job, although there is some expectations as to the principles. Really depends on where you're working. Some places have a really good training period, where others you barely get training and are thrown into drawing, which is mostly do to shortage of staffing and high turnover, so newbies are training brand new phlebs.
Medical Maura did you have a hard time getting your first job as a phlebotomist? Thank you for answering my questions I think I am anticipating what I will be going thru when I get my certification and license.
I'm a medical laboratory scientist, so I did my phlebotomy training through that program, I am not in fact a phlebotomist, although with my old job I did do phlebotomy, as well as analyze the specimens (it was a small hospital). Phlebotomy jobs are not hard to get, there seems to always be an opening, however, it may not always be the most desirable shift, like evenings, for example.
Interesting! You use EDTA for bilirubin? Usually its a serum transfer to amber or covered in foil. Speaking of, I appreciate your flawless differentiation between serum and plasma. As an instructor this is one of the hardest concept to get across. Great video, great explanation, and...are you looking over your shoulder to find that nurse who thinks she is better than you? lol :)))
@@MedicalMaura Why so much blood to test? Why aren't vials smaller? Seems excessive especially if it had to be drawn everyday. Would cause anemia. Low hemoglobin. I would think pediatric vials would suffice.
I wonder why there’s “an order of draw” but being in the field I’ve seen a gold been drawn before a red, or a red before a gold also I’ve seen a green been drawn before a gold. They say that that’s ok, now my question is can you do a lavender before a light green?
so i am currently taking a phlebotomy course and i guess what i wanted to know is when a phlebotomist is assigned to draw blood do they say what tests they will be doing or do they say what theyre looking for and then the phlebotomist then decides what tubes to use?
In our ordering system, when an order prints off for a draw, it usually says which type of tube to draw. For the basics, you learn pretty fast which tube is needed for which test. For odd ball tests we don't draw very often, I will look up in our lab catalog to check, look up on Quest's website if it's a test we send to their laboratory, or ask someone else if they know first lol
ahh I see, well ours are greiner-bio-one. And I assume we have some kind of contract with them for supply, but I found their catalog and on page 64 are the citrate tubes (the blue ones)
I am in 11th grade and an year later I want to do lab science and become a technologist .... please if u can make a video explaining in detail what should I do in future to become one and all other details like how good I have to be in maths for it *I am not good in maths*... I did some research but it's still difficult to understand ....
Medical Maura ok I will make sure to check it out !!! But plz answer me one question is maths involved in this really hard or is it more specific for different processes ??!!! 😊😊😊😅😅😅
cailey lee it's not like calculus or anything no, but there is quite a bit of math, more equation types of math, so as long as you understand the principles it's not too difficult in my opinion.
Medical Maura oh thank you so much ... I searched everywhere about the maths difficulty in it but couldn't find .... *THANK YOU SO MUCH* 😍😍😍😍 ... U GAINED A NEW SUBSCRIBER ....
cailey lee now it does depend on each specific program at a college. I ended up taking applied calculus which was more geared towards real world word problems and that was actually pretty easy for me. I got my bachelor's in biology first and then did my one-year program of medical technology, but there are programs that are three plus one where you just do 3 years of college in one year of medical technology. But I would say the hardest part is definitely not the math, it's the organic chemistry, because it's a lot of memorization. I would look into whatever College you're thinking about going to or program and see what class requirements they have specifically, because they should have that listed.
@@johannacavagnaro2436 true I didnt. At the location I worked at when I made this video I didnt have gray tubes because we only ran lactics on greys and we didnt run them at that clinic. We did our gtt's off of reds or greens. All depends on what your lab validates.
The acronym that I use in the order of draw is BCNGHES::::; Blood culture --yellow Sodium citrate -blue top No additive --------red top Gold.…............. SST Heparin.......... light green EDTA........ lavender tube Sodium fluoride....gray/black.
THANK YOU SO MUCH❣❣ My teacher is horrible at her job absolutely will not teach us this and expects us to just learn it all by ourselves. Your video has helped me more in 5 minutes than my teacher has taught us in 5 weeks.
I feel bad.. I have the best teacher ever.
SAME! This video has helped me so much.
The green tube isn't interchangable with the sst the tiger top is as they are the same thing.... Also the red isn't supposed to have any additive and is generally used for starting the draw for the light blue to give more accurate reading.
Very informative thank you!
Thank you so much. I'm struggling with remembering all this new knowledge but you really helped me with your visual and details..
Glad I could help you!! I have a bunch of other lab videos if you want to check them out, even on order of draw too 😃
Sally=sterile
Bring=blue
Really=red
Good=gold
Grease=green
and
Leaves=lavender
Gravy=green
😍
I found this and it helped me
I just think of the rainbow (ROYGBV) and put blue in the front!
Thank you so much my teacher is very aggressive and taking the passion out like it's all about her.
When I'm doing this to help others.
That's really unfortunate 😫
That was really helpful I start phlebotomy classes next month, this was informative.
Yay, good luck!!
Very informative thank you may jesus be with you
This video is a great refresher. Great job. Everything you said was on point
Jesse Cordwell thank you!!
Thanks Maura for these information.keep going ,May God bless you.
My favorite part... "some nurses do that". #preach 🙌🏼
Great video! Very helpful!
Thank you for video Maura, very informative.
Medical Maura ....Thank you and very informative. Clear and effective for my training. Great job on the pace also.
Thank you so much, so the green tube is like the purple..and can be used for prp injections?
Those are pretty colors that make a real rainbow
Thank you so much ! This was so helpful!
Thank you! Very helpful
Could u please tell me difference between EDTA-K2 and EDTA- K3? and why these are using and which purpose? What is the benefit using these tube?
Do you have to remember which tube is for which or do the orders say which tube?
This is very helpful,,,,
So you only centerfuge the ones with the serum?
How about tan top tubes? What tests are they used for other than lead determination?
Not sure, don't remember ever using them. We use royal blues for lead and other heavy metals where I work currently.
Good explanation
This was very helpful.
Thank you so much❤
Very helpful, does your hospital use S-ST’s? I’m doing clinicals right now for phlebotomy and they used tubes called S-ST’s.
Andre Yes actually the gold tubes would be called sst's because that stands for serum separator tubes and the serum get separated from the red cells by the gel that's in the tube. I'm not sure if they call the green tubes sst's also, even though technically it would be separating plasma instead of serum because it still has the clotting factors in it. But it usually just refers to a tube that uses the gel to separate.
Medical Maura from what I’ve been told. Since the lite green tube is a PST it could technically be used instead of an SST tube but it would be used for “stat” results.
How long did it take you to get the hang of all the tubes when you started working ??
Eh, depends which ones you are talking about! haha, the basic ones I knew from school and going through the medical technology program. But some of the odd tests it took me looking up what type of blood tube to use a few times before I remembered. Our lab catalog/Quest's look up a test, can be your best friend! Also I took notes through out school in case I forgot and needed to look back!
What are the important reminders when a medical technologist is preparing the phlebotomy materials?
Hello is it true that for Serum specimen you have to wait 30 to 45 mins before centrifuging it ?? Where I was working we didn't wait at all ...
And plasma we centrifuge it right away or no ??😐
@@zuley6957 yes technically serum tubes you are supposed to wait 30 minutes, but at some places I worked they just centrifuged omce it was clotted aka you flip it upside down and it doesn't move lol but plasma can be centrifuged right away since you dont have to wait for it to clot.
@@MedicalMaura thanks 🙏🙏
Hi thank you so much🤩
Are vacutainer needles reuseable after one use on one patient?
Sudipto Datta No way, everything is discarded after each patient. Chance of Hep C infection could be very high.
Also once the safety device is activated, the needle is no longer reachable.
Medical Maura can anyone get infected with hiv if anyone intentionally used a used vacutainer needle on other patient? Will the blood clot in the needle after one use ? Will blood draw process occur if blood clots on the needle?
Sudipto Datta you could get it theoretically, yes. Depends on the type of vacuttainer needle.. the straight one, correct? There is a little filter in there I believe, so blood could clot and not allow for a second draw, I'm not sure, never have tried it, nor should you even on the same patient. Now with the butterfly needle, it would be harder to try and draw someone else because the clot would get stuck in the attached tubing and also be visible.
Sudipto Datta Dang! Idk how you can know for sure.. but usually the needles come with a cap covering on them, and then after the safety device is activated, so the needle is covered before and after. If you are pretty sure they are using used needles I would contact whoever they are an accredited lab through, because that isn't right, nor safe if it is true.
What about tsh and gyn labs like fsh
informative yes. Thank you
You bet!
How do the tubes go in order I'm a new phlebotomist and apparently the order of draw was wrong to the manager
Erika Aguilar I have a video on order of draw and a way to remember them 😁
Sally=sterile
Bring=blue
Really=red
Good=gold
Grease=green
and
Leaves=lavender
Gravy=green
😍
I found this and it helped
Do all blood tubes get centrifuged?
Nope, not all of them! Usually all chemistry tests ( green, gold, and red tops, grey tops), and coagulation tubes (blue), but we rarely centrifuge purple top tubes (hematology and CBC'S, and a1c's or glycolated hemaglobins), royal blue (lead testing), and anything that says it needs whole blood.
Did you learn while on the job what test goes in which tube? I am studying to be a phlebotomist but I am having a hard time memorizing what I just mentioned.
Yes I did learn on the job, although there is some expectations as to the principles. Really depends on where you're working. Some places have a really good training period, where others you barely get training and are thrown into drawing, which is mostly do to shortage of staffing and high turnover, so newbies are training brand new phlebs.
Medical Maura did you have a hard time getting your first job as a phlebotomist? Thank you for answering my questions I think I am anticipating what I will be going thru when I get my certification and license.
I'm a medical laboratory scientist, so I did my phlebotomy training through that program, I am not in fact a phlebotomist, although with my old job I did do phlebotomy, as well as analyze the specimens (it was a small hospital). Phlebotomy jobs are not hard to get, there seems to always be an opening, however, it may not always be the most desirable shift, like evenings, for example.
@@alechee check out my phlebotomy playlist.. I have a few more videos that I think would answer some questions!
Medical Maura sure will! I am now subscribed to your channel, Thank you!
Love this video 😉
Interesting! You use EDTA for bilirubin? Usually its a serum transfer to amber or covered in foil. Speaking of, I appreciate your flawless differentiation between serum and plasma. As an instructor this is one of the hardest concept to get across. Great video, great explanation, and...are you looking over your shoulder to find that nurse who thinks she is better than you? lol :)))
No we didn't use edta I don't think, I'm not sure why I would have said that lol 🤣
@@MedicalMaura lol all good I appreciate you!
Is this a dangerous amount of blood tooken….?
Is how much? Usually we have a limit of 10 tubes in case someone is super anemic, but volume wise it's really not much blood at all!
@@MedicalMaura Why so much blood to test? Why aren't vials smaller? Seems excessive especially if it had to be drawn everyday. Would cause anemia. Low hemoglobin. I would think pediatric vials would suffice.
I wonder why there’s “an order of draw” but being in the field I’ve seen a gold been drawn before a red, or a red before a gold also I’ve seen a green been drawn before a gold. They say that that’s ok, now my question is can you do a lavender before a light green?
No because od the spray liquid it has inside.
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so i am currently taking a phlebotomy course and i guess what i wanted to know is when a phlebotomist is assigned to draw blood do they say what tests they will be doing or do they say what theyre looking for and then the phlebotomist then decides what tubes to use?
In our ordering system, when an order prints off for a draw, it usually says which type of tube to draw. For the basics, you learn pretty fast which tube is needed for which test. For odd ball tests we don't draw very often, I will look up in our lab catalog to check, look up on Quest's website if it's a test we send to their laboratory, or ask someone else if they know first lol
where can I buy?
Where can you buy blood tubes?
Medical Maura Yes
Medical Maura the blue ones. we're gonna use it for our research project
ahh I see, well ours are greiner-bio-one. And I assume we have some kind of contract with them for supply, but I found their catalog and on page 64 are the citrate tubes (the blue ones)
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I am in 11th grade and an year later I want to do lab science and become a technologist .... please if u can make a video explaining in detail what should I do in future to become one and all other details like how good I have to be in maths for it *I am not good in maths*... I did some research but it's still difficult to understand ....
cailey lee I have other videos on that topic actually!
Medical Maura ok I will make sure to check it out !!! But plz answer me one question is maths involved in this really hard or is it more specific for different processes ??!!! 😊😊😊😅😅😅
cailey lee it's not like calculus or anything no, but there is quite a bit of math, more equation types of math, so as long as you understand the principles it's not too difficult in my opinion.
Medical Maura oh thank you so much ... I searched everywhere about the maths difficulty in it but couldn't find .... *THANK YOU SO MUCH* 😍😍😍😍 ... U GAINED A NEW SUBSCRIBER ....
cailey lee now it does depend on each specific program at a college. I ended up taking applied calculus which was more geared towards real world word problems and that was actually pretty easy for me. I got my bachelor's in biology first and then did my one-year program of medical technology, but there are programs that are three plus one where you just do 3 years of college in one year of medical technology. But I would say the hardest part is definitely not the math, it's the organic chemistry, because it's a lot of memorization. I would look into whatever College you're thinking about going to or program and see what class requirements they have specifically, because they should have that listed.
Gray tubes?
Lactic acid
Mhmm..and bac,.and gtt, she didn't mention gray tubes is what i meant
@@johannacavagnaro2436 true I didnt. At the location I worked at when I made this video I didnt have gray tubes because we only ran lactics on greys and we didnt run them at that clinic. We did our gtt's off of reds or greens. All depends on what your lab validates.
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Yellow blue red green gray ?
doesn't purple go between green and grey
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The acronym that I use in the order of draw is BCNGHES::::;
Blood culture --yellow
Sodium citrate -blue top
No additive --------red top
Gold.…............. SST
Heparin.......... light green
EDTA........ lavender tube
Sodium fluoride....gray/black.
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