ALLINA MEDICAL LABORATORIES - PHLEBOTOMY ORDER OF DRAW
•
•
•
All SST , PST and plain red tubes for chemistry testing must be spun down & the serum or plasma separated within 2 hours of
collection
Order no more than 4-5 tests per 7ml SST or PST tube collected
All Blood Bank tubes must be labeled according to instructions below. Tubes not meeting labeling requirements will be rejected.
FIRST
Special
ALL routine tests should be collected in the order listed
Citrate
Plain Red No Additive
or Gel
Protime, PTT,
Thrombin time, DDimer, Fibrinogen
Blood
Cultures or
Fungal Isolator
tube
Basic Metabolic,
Electrolytes (Na,
K, Cl, & CO2)
KEEP AT ROOM
TEMPERATURE
Tubes must be
adequately filled –
observe fill lines on
tubes
SST
5, 7 OR 10 ml:
All drugs not
listed elsewhere
Enzymes:
CK, LD, AST,
ALT, GGT, ALK
Comprehensive
Metabolic
Must draw
before routine
orders. Use
sterile technique
* Use of a winged
collection set is not
Thyroid: T3, T4,
recommended. If
and TSH**
used & a citrate
Navy Blue with
tube is the first
**Collect TSH in a
no additive (Red
specimen to be
separate tube
Label) should
drawn, a discard
also be collected
tube should be
at this point
drawn
Order of draw with a syringe: Tubes should be filled in the same order as above.
LAST
Heparin
EDTA
Li Hep PST:
Comp
Metabolic
CBC, CBC w/ Diff,
Hgb, Hct, WBC
ESR (Sed Rate)
& Hgb A1c
Na Hep:
Only Na Hep
tubes are
acceptable for
Cytogenetics
testing ; Li
Hep will be
rejected.
Na or Li
Heparin:
Ammonia
(Spun,
separated &
frozen within
30 minutes)
Fluoride
Blood Bank: Date,
time & initials of
phlebotomist along with
patient name (First &
last) and 2nd identifier
(Allina = Excellian
MRN, Non-Allina =
DOB or SSN) for ALL
tubes
Navy Blue with Na
EDTA (Purple Label)
should also be
collected at this point
Alcohol
(ETOH)
Do not
cleanse arm
with alcohol
Lactic Acid
(on ice)
Revised 09/10/2009
ALLINA MEDICAL LABORATORIES - PHLEBOTOMY ORDER OF DRAW
•
•
•
All SST , PST and plain red tubes for chemistry testing must be spun down & the serum or plasma separated within 2 hours of
collection
Order no more than 4-5 tests per 7ml SST or PST tube collected
All Blood Bank tubes must be labeled according to instructions below. Tubes not meeting labeling requirements will be rejected.
FIRST
Special
ALL routine tests should be collected in the order listed
Citrate
Plain Red No Additive
or Gel
Protime, PTT,
Thrombin time, DDimer, Fibrinogen
Blood
Cultures or
Fungal Isolator
tube
Must draw
before routine
orders. Use
sterile technique
Basic Metabolic,
Electrolytes (Na,
K, Cl, & CO2)
KEEP AT ROOM
TEMPERATURE
Tubes must be
adequately filled –
observe fill lines on
tubes
SST
5, 7 OR 10 ml:
All drugs not
listed elsewhere
Enzymes:
CK, LD, AST,
ALT, GGT, ALK
Comprehensive
Metabolic
* Use of a winged
collection set is not
Thyroid: T3, T4,
recommended. If
and TSH**
used & a citrate
Navy Blue with
tube is the first
**Collect TSH in a
no additive (Red
specimen to be
separate tube
Label) should
drawn, a discard
also be collected
tube should be
at this point
drawn
Order of draw with a syringe: Tubes should be filled in the same order as above.
LAST
Heparin
EDTA
Li Hep PST:
Comp
Metabolic
CBC, CBC w/ Diff,
Hgb, Hct, WBC
ESR (Sed Rate)
& Hgb A1c
Na Hep:
Only Na Hep
tubes are
acceptable for
Cytogenetics
testing ; Li
Hep will be
rejected.
Na or Li
Heparin:
Ammonia
(Spun,
separated &
frozen within
30 minutes)
Fluoride
Blood Bank: Date,
time & initials of
phlebotomist along with
patient name (First &
last) and 2nd identifier
(Allina = Excellian
MRN, Non-Allina =
DOB or SSN) for ALL
tubes
Navy Blue with Na
EDTA (Purple Label)
should also be
collected at this point
Alcohol
(ETOH)
Do not
cleanse arm
with alcohol
Lactic Acid
(on ice)
Revised 09/10/2009