A good way that I remembered my order of draw was Y- You (Yellow / Cultures ) L- Like ( Lt. Blue / Sodium Citrate) R- Really (Red / Gels ) G- Good ( Lt.Green Lithium Heprin or drk. green Sodium Heprin ) L- Looking ( Lavender / EDTA) G- Guys (Grey / Sodium Floride or Oxalate) -Yellow, Grenn , Lavender and grey tubes are inverted 8-10 time -Lt. Blue is inverted 3-4 and needs to be full fill draw -serums and gels are inverted 5 times. Hope this helped a few! Good Luck on your exams.
Omg I’m going to eventually be taking my NHA , I just finished a crappy school and I just feel like following your videos , taking notes , and doing practice exams on the NHA website I’ll be just fine ! But your explanation was great , thank you ! I’ll be subscribing
Beauutiful Girl i feel same way my class is so fast and doesn’t even give full notes and explanation because the professor is rushing a Bit too much for my speed this video is definitely more than helpful
Oh Lord same here. The instructor was terrible. She literally could not answer any questions asked. Would direct us to the book or put on a video. I feel so bad for all the students in our class. I swear, in just a few minutes I learned more from this instructor than weeks from my class instructor. How sad.
What about heparin tubes? Green tubes are after red/gold/tiger tops. Its light green first, then dark green. You also don't use the lithium heparin if someone is taking a lithium prescription
I passed the exam but just wanted to come back and thank you for making this video. At my job we have some different tubes but it's the same for the most part
@@muffyrodriguez Thank you!!! ^-^ Honestly, I don't remember too well since it was a while back. I don't think it was anything too crazy though. But there was definitely a fee to take the test
@@muffyrodriguez it’s going pretty well thankfully! If you work in a hospital, you get to draw all kinds of patients from ER and pediatrics to ICU and labor & delivery. It might be harder than working at a clinic or blood donation center, but you get more experience which can be pretty cool sometimes. 😊 It depends on the person and what you prefer. Are you thinking about being a phlebotomist or are you one right now?
Care to elaborate I’m just to finish up my course and they had taught us that green comes before lavender due to the edta cross over. I hate say this but I don’t have faith in the school that taught us. So any explanation will be greatly appreciate.
Hi DJ! Sorry to hear you're struggling with your school, but you're not the first person I hear say similar things. It's pretty terrible that this is so common! I own a Facebook group called "#ThatClinicalInstructor Allied Health Tutoring and Study" where you may find a bit more support! Come on in, and feel free to shoot me a message there anytime. I promise it gets better! The dark green lithium heparin tubes do come before the lavender EDTA tubes your instructor is correct. On the NHA exam, I see the questions do NOT contain both the light green/mint AND dark green tubes. It's one or the other. However, when it comes to order of the draw for this questions, it's going to be about the same. Assume if for some strange reason you have to draw a mint and a dark green, draw the mint first an then dark green. Otherwise, when it comes to dark green lithium heparin, keep it before the lavender and you're straight! I hope that helps!
DJMEDIC671 it’s BX, light blue, Gold/Tiger Tops, Red top, DK green, Mint, pink, Lav, (royal blue but many don’t use this anymore) gray is the last one.
Can you explain the difference between the blood draw order between Venipuncture vs capillary fill? I missed one because It said Red does not go before lavender.
Hi Ma'am, I would like to ask if what is the appropriate tube for PLATELET AGGREGATION TEST? I was confused because there are a lot of info's on the internet and I don't know if those answers are the correct ones.
Hi Dee! That question is a bit tricky. Usually anything having to do with a blood component count is drawn in a lavender tube, but clotting studies are drawn in a light blue tube. To my knowledge, platelet aggregation isn't just one tube, but a test panel, and involves drawing both a lavender and a light blue tube. I hope this helps! Thanks for your question!
Comment. CLSI has the order of draw as Blood Cultures/Yellow, light blue, Red, SST/PST, “GREEN,” then Lavender, Gray, Royal blue. Green is before lavender which you did not mention. There is a reason for the order of draw. So why are you different from CLSI?
I don't know why this was recommended 4 me🤦♀️i took this class passed with the highest and made the highest grade on the exam. But couldn't find a job🤷♀️ so i changed careers. I really enjoyed it.
You must be really bad an interviewing and didn’t show a good/warm attitude in the interview which is the utmost important trait for a Phlebotomist and comes before technique/knowledge.
@@SpectorEuro4 nope they wanted ppl with experienced and like I asked how can I have experience when I just finished, you have to start somewhere. Most job be wanting 3-5 years experience! That is asinine what about the ones that just finished their major? But now since the world F.UP you can get hired anywhere and they need medical assistance bad now they want to hire me and the many other's they refused to hire back then but guess it's a HELLLLL NAWLLLL now I have a different career and make more money than what a medical assistant offer.
@@happyme2989 mmmm I can already tell why you weren’t hired… sorry🤷🏽♂️ just being objective. Can’t be a phlebotomist/MA with that personality. Thank God you’re not one!! Please don’t ever think of becoming one. Thank you. Have a good night
@@SpectorEuro4 thats just about with any job fool 😒they love for you to have experience why do you think it be ppl with a major higher than a MA dont get hired some times. My sister is a whole NP it was hard for her to find a job coming out her field as well until they saw they couldn't get anyone to fill the position and the ones with the experience wants more money so @ times they hire the less experience. Like I stated F. MA/ and Phlebotomy I make more money in the career I'm in. They lost many good ppl including myself now they begging the same ones to come and work for them including myself, idiot this doesn't define my credibility.
@@steph-i-see-you thank you! She did do pretty well considering she was 13 and hungry haha! She's almost 16 now, and actually works in healthcare now too. I work in an urgent care on the weekends (teach full time during the week!) and she works in the office where I see patients! She's still my cameraman but she's better at it now. 😉
Yellow SPS tubes are NOT used to save money on bottles. The blood from SPS tubes are transferred to Bottles once in the lab for standard/routine blood cx. So that literally doesn't make sense, because that is actually an added expense to use SPS tubes and transfer devices And bottles. SPS tubes are used when the Cx ordered is very specific and typical CX bottles aren't appropriate. RED tops come before SSTs and the glass red before plastic. LORD if someone draws a Mint tube before a red because you told them separator tubes are next....girl ....shame on you. Griener Vacuette reds are the ONLY reds with a gel barrier. They do not have gold or tiger top SSTS. Their cap is red with a yellow ring. You would have confused TF out of me with this OOD explanation here. NO you can NOT draw all other tubes in whatever order you want after lavender. OMG. Tans must be drawn before gray. Royal blues are either drawn with the serums(red stripe) or with the EDTAs(purple stripe). Royal blues are best drawn from a dedicated stick and NOT included in an order of draw, and even then, when drawing both, you must draw them Red then Purple. ACD tubes will be drawn wherever the Lab says to draw them, and it literally depends on what other labs are being drawn and what test is going in the ACD solution A or B. Also INR is NOT a test unti itself. It's not even a test. It's a mathematical formula the lab uses to interpret the PT result and express the results in a universally understood format. Glucose by itself is NOT put on ICE holy shit. That's lactic acid you dunce! Really? Only CBCs go in Lavs? You sure? Bilirubin and B12 is NOT put on ice. Holy Shit. B12 is also fine under indoor lighting for 4 hours.
A good way that I remembered my order of draw was
Y- You (Yellow / Cultures )
L- Like ( Lt. Blue / Sodium Citrate)
R- Really (Red / Gels )
G- Good ( Lt.Green Lithium Heprin or drk. green Sodium Heprin )
L- Looking ( Lavender / EDTA)
G- Guys (Grey / Sodium Floride or Oxalate)
-Yellow, Grenn , Lavender and grey tubes are inverted 8-10 time
-Lt. Blue is inverted 3-4 and needs to be full fill draw
-serums and gels are inverted 5 times.
Hope this helped a few! Good Luck on your exams.
Maria Gonzalez what about the tiger-speckled SST tube?
Omg 😂 this is good. Tx for this 👌
Maria Gonzalez yes🙌🏼
Maria Gonzalez thank you so very much ❤️ 🙏
Omggg that's dope! 🙆👌
Great instructor. To the point to the point. No wasted information. Best simplest instructions ever.
Young -Yellow
Boys- Light blue
Are -(R) Red
Still -Stripped
Getting -Green
Low- Lavender
Grades- Grey
Omg I’m going to eventually be taking my NHA , I just finished a crappy school and I just feel like following your videos , taking notes , and doing practice exams on the NHA website I’ll be just fine ! But your explanation was great , thank you ! I’ll be subscribing
Beauutiful Girl i feel same way my class is so fast and doesn’t even give full notes and explanation because the professor is rushing a Bit too much for my speed this video is definitely more than helpful
@@CaribbeanQueen72xx 2
Oh Lord same here. The instructor was terrible. She literally could not answer any questions asked. Would direct us to the book or put on a video. I feel so bad for all the students in our class. I swear, in just a few minutes I learned more from this instructor than weeks from my class instructor. How sad.
Can someone direct me to the NHA site to practice the test. Thank you very much in advance ❤
Do NOT use this woman as reference. She is sooooooooooo wrong about sooooooo much in this video.
Wow! Absolutely well taught. She made everything easy to follow and helped me remember the most common tests, thank u!!
Your- YELLOW
Blood- light BLUE
Runs- RED
Slow- SST
Generally- GREEN
in
Low- LAVENDER
Gravity- GRAY
She’s really good at explaining.. I’m not in any phlebotomist class but im thinking about it and I really like it
When I took my NHA test this was the order of draw. When you work in Labs this order varies depending on the primary specimen collection goal.
What about heparin tubes? Green tubes are after red/gold/tiger tops. Its light green first, then dark green. You also don't use the lithium heparin if someone is taking a lithium prescription
No, you don't use the Lithium hep tubes when testing for lithium.
Awesome teacher!!!
Why wasnt dark green included in this order?
I passed the exam but just wanted to come back and thank you for making this video. At my job we have some different tubes but it's the same for the most part
Congratulations 🍾🎈🎉 what type of documents does the NHA ask for upon registering 🙏♥️
@@muffyrodriguez Thank you!!! ^-^ Honestly, I don't remember too well since it was a while back. I don't think it was anything too crazy though. But there was definitely a fee to take the test
So how is it going in the real world in phlebotomy? What can you share
@@muffyrodriguez it’s going pretty well thankfully! If you work in a hospital, you get to draw all kinds of patients from ER and pediatrics to ICU and labor & delivery. It might be harder than working at a clinic or blood donation center, but you get more experience which can be pretty cool sometimes. 😊 It depends on the person and what you prefer. Are you thinking about being a phlebotomist or are you one right now?
@@scarletth8211 working on it! I keep missing thou. It’s so frustrating. Do you have. Any techniques you can share
Why does everyone say waste tube when discard tube is a better term?
Very helpful! Thank you!!
Thank you!!!!!!!
What about your heparin green tubes? What order do they fall in?
Care to elaborate I’m just to finish up my course and they had taught us that green comes before lavender due to the edta cross over. I hate say this but I don’t have faith in the school that taught us. So any explanation will be greatly appreciate.
Hi DJ! Sorry to hear you're struggling with your school, but you're not the first person I hear say similar things. It's pretty terrible that this is so common! I own a Facebook group called "#ThatClinicalInstructor Allied Health Tutoring and Study" where you may find a bit more support! Come on in, and feel free to shoot me a message there anytime. I promise it gets better!
The dark green lithium heparin tubes do come before the lavender EDTA tubes your instructor is correct. On the NHA exam, I see the questions do NOT contain both the light green/mint AND dark green tubes. It's one or the other. However, when it comes to order of the draw for this questions, it's going to be about the same. Assume if for some strange reason you have to draw a mint and a dark green, draw the mint first an then dark green. Otherwise, when it comes to dark green lithium heparin, keep it before the lavender and you're straight! I hope that helps!
@@DJMEDIC671 green before lavender
DJMEDIC671 it’s BX, light blue, Gold/Tiger Tops, Red top, DK green, Mint, pink, Lav, (royal blue but many don’t use this anymore) gray is the last one.
Please help I need to know what to study on nha phlebotomy exam so nervous 💔😱😱
Thank you so much for posting. I've already taken and passed the exam but your explanation is great and I'll be reviewing as I apply for jobs.
Was the test hard?
that was amazing, thank you!
Can you explain the difference between the blood draw order between Venipuncture vs capillary fill? I missed one because It said Red does not go before lavender.
True other countries have different draws, then is more confusing
Thank you so much
Hi Ma'am, I would like to ask if what is the appropriate tube for PLATELET AGGREGATION TEST?
I was confused because there are a lot of info's on the internet and I don't know if those answers are the correct ones.
Hi Dee! That question is a bit tricky. Usually anything having to do with a blood component count is drawn in a lavender tube, but clotting studies are drawn in a light blue tube. To my knowledge, platelet aggregation isn't just one tube, but a test panel, and involves drawing both a lavender and a light blue tube. I hope this helps! Thanks for your question!
@@ThatClinicalInstructor Thank you so much Ma'am
Thought it was yellow, light blue, red, green, lavender, grey??
What happened to Green
Will the NHA ask you for a high school diploma?
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Comment. CLSI has the order of draw as Blood Cultures/Yellow, light blue, Red, SST/PST, “GREEN,” then Lavender, Gray, Royal blue.
Green is before lavender which you did not mention. There is a reason for the order of draw.
So why are you different from CLSI?
I don't know why this was recommended 4 me🤦♀️i took this class passed with the highest and made the highest grade on the exam. But couldn't find a job🤷♀️ so i changed careers. I really enjoyed it.
What part of the country are you located
You must be really bad an interviewing and didn’t show a good/warm attitude in the interview which is the utmost important trait for a Phlebotomist and comes before technique/knowledge.
@@SpectorEuro4 nope they wanted ppl with experienced and like I asked how can I have experience when I just finished, you have to start somewhere. Most job be wanting 3-5 years experience! That is asinine what about the ones that just finished their major? But now since the world F.UP you can get hired anywhere and they need medical assistance bad now they want to hire me and the many other's they refused to hire back then but guess it's a HELLLLL NAWLLLL now I have a different career and make more money than what a medical assistant offer.
@@happyme2989 mmmm I can already tell why you weren’t hired… sorry🤷🏽♂️ just being objective. Can’t be a phlebotomist/MA with that personality. Thank God you’re not one!! Please don’t ever think of becoming one. Thank you. Have a good night
@@SpectorEuro4 thats just about with any job fool 😒they love for you to have experience why do you think it be ppl with a major higher than a MA dont get hired some times. My sister is a whole NP it was hard for her to find a job coming out her field as well until they saw they couldn't get anyone to fill the position and the ones with the experience wants more money so @ times they hire the less experience. Like I stated F. MA/ and Phlebotomy I make more money in the career I'm in. They lost many good ppl including myself now they begging the same ones to come and work for them including myself, idiot this doesn't define my credibility.
What state are you teaching for? SC NC?
For the order of drow?
Lord🤦🏾I take my exam tomorrow😬😬
Dee Terry
I take mine tomorrow!
I take mine tomorrow too🥺
Teacher is awesome.. camera man horrible
Lmao I think he/she’s hungry because they lost focus of the instructor instead focused on the pizza box.
😂 It's true though! But the camera man was my then 13 year old daughter...
@@steph-i-see-you it was my 13 year old daughter, and you're 100% correct! Hahaha!!! 😂
@@ThatClinicalInstructor
13 well she did a great job and after while she would focus on pizza. Understood 😇!
@@steph-i-see-you thank you! She did do pretty well considering she was 13 and hungry haha! She's almost 16 now, and actually works in healthcare now too. I work in an urgent care on the weekends (teach full time during the week!) and she works in the office where I see patients! She's still my cameraman but she's better at it now. 😉
Phlebotomy/Watch
Stop (sterile)
Light (light blue)
Red
Go (gold)
Green
Light (lavender)
Go (grey)
you forgot green
Yellow SPS tubes are NOT used to save money on bottles. The blood from SPS tubes are transferred to Bottles once in the lab for standard/routine blood cx. So that literally doesn't make sense, because that is actually an added expense to use SPS tubes and transfer devices And bottles. SPS tubes are used when the Cx ordered is very specific and typical CX bottles aren't appropriate.
RED tops come before SSTs and the glass red before plastic. LORD if someone draws a Mint tube before a red because you told them separator tubes are next....girl ....shame on you. Griener Vacuette reds are the ONLY reds with a gel barrier. They do not have gold or tiger top SSTS. Their cap is red with a yellow ring. You would have confused TF out of me with this OOD explanation here.
NO you can NOT draw all other tubes in whatever order you want after lavender. OMG. Tans must be drawn before gray. Royal blues are either drawn with the serums(red stripe) or with the EDTAs(purple stripe). Royal blues are best drawn from a dedicated stick and NOT included in an order of draw, and even then, when drawing both, you must draw them Red then Purple. ACD tubes will be drawn wherever the Lab says to draw them, and it literally depends on what other labs are being drawn and what test is going in the ACD solution A or B.
Also INR is NOT a test unti itself. It's not even a test. It's a mathematical formula the lab uses to interpret the PT result and express the results in a universally understood format.
Glucose by itself is NOT put on ICE holy shit. That's lactic acid you dunce!
Really? Only CBCs go in Lavs? You sure?
Bilirubin and B12 is NOT put on ice. Holy Shit.
B12 is also fine under indoor lighting for 4 hours.
Hi can you share the order of draw please with the tests as well if you dont mind. thank you