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(Q-Pulse No. PATH-11 Version 3.2)

BLOOD SAMPLE COLLECTION GUIDE.

Version Q-Pulse No

3.2 PATH-11

Authorised by

G. Dockins, S. Turnbull

Author

L.Messinger

Copy Location of copies

2 1. Q Pulse 2. Pathology Handbook (on Bob) 3. Phlebotomy C 4. Phlebotomy CTOP

Document Key LAB = Laboratory performing the test:

B H M

Blood Tubes:

G P Gr B Gn PK Tn Db

Biochemistry (GreenText), Tel 01271 (32)2345 Haematology (Red Text), Tel 01271 (32)2329 Microbiology (Blue Text), Tel 01271 (32)2347

Gold top - Gel 3.5 mL Purple top - EDTA 4 mL Grey top - Sodium Fl & EDTA 4 mL Blue top - Trisodium Citrate 2.7 mL Green top - Lithium Heparin 4 mL Pink top - EDTA 6 mL Tan top - non-gel 4mL Dark Blue - Sodium heparin 6 mL Black top - Trisodium Citrate 5 mL Contact laboratory

BLACK SPECIAL Note: where multiple tubes are shown

e.g. P

P

P

three purple top tubes will be required

More than one test (up to 4) can be combined in one tube provided they are for the same laboratory. Tests analysed in different labs must each have the required sample.

Laboratory User Guide

Review Period: 3 yearly




LAB B B B B M B B B B B B B B B B B B M B B B M B B B B B B B B B H B B M B M B H B H M M B B B B H B B B B B B

TEST ACE ACETAMINOPHEN ACR (ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR) ACTH ACTINOMYCES AFP AIP ALBUMIN ALDOSTERONE ALCOHOL ALLERGY TESTING ALP ALP ISOENZYMES ALT ALUMINIUM AMAG AMH AMIKACIN AMINO ACIDS AMINOPHYLLINE AMMONIA AMOEBIC ANTIBODIES AMYLASE AMYLOID A ANA (ANF) ANCA ANDROGENS ANDROSTENEDIONE ANNA-1 ANTENATAL DOWN'S SCREEN ANTIBODY (AUTOANTIBODIES) ANTIBODY ANTENATAL SCREEN ANTI-CARDIOLIPIN ANTI-CCP ANTI-DNASE B ANTI-dsDNA ANTI-STAPH TITRES A1-ANTITRYPSIN ANTI-X ACTIVITY AQUAPORIN 4 APTT ASOT ASPERGILLUS PRECIPITINS ASPERGILLUS (ALLERGY) ASPIRIN AST B12 BCR/ABL BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN BETA2 MICROGLOBULIN BHCG BICARBONATE BILE ACID BILIRUBIN


TUBES G G G P G G G G P P Gr G G G G Db G G G G G P G G G G G G G G G G PK G G G G G G B G B G G G G G G P P P G G G G G G

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

STRAIGHT TO LAB

STRAIGHT TO LAB

STRAIGHT TO LAB, INFORM LAB.

STRAIGHT TO LAB

BEFORE 14:00HR STRAIGHT TO LAB





LAB B M M M B B B B B B B M B B B H H B B M M M B B B B B B B H M H B H B H B B M B B M M H B B B M B H H M B B B

TEST BIOTINIDASE BLASTOMYCES BORRELIA BURGDORFERI BRUCELLA ANTIBODIES BNP (proNT-BNP) CA-125 CA-153 CA-199 CAERULOPLASMIN CALCITONIN CALCIUM CAMPYLOBACTER ANTIBODIES CARBAMAZEPINE CARBOXYHAEMOGLOBIN (CO) CARDIAC ENZYMES CLL CD4 CEA C1 ESTERASE CHICKEN POX ( or V.Z) CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODIES CHLORAMPHENICOL CHLORIDE CHOLESTEROL CHOLINESTERASE CHROMIUM CHROMOGRANIN A + B CHROMOSOME CK COAGULATION COCCIDIODES CLOZAPINE MONITORING COBALT COLD AGGLUTINS COMPLEMENT (C3,C4) COOMBS TEST COPPER CORTISOL COXIELLA ANTIBODIES C-PEPTIDE CICLOSPORIN CMV ANTIBODIES CMV PCR CROSS MATCH CREATININE CRYOGLOBULIN CRP CRYPTOCOCCUS CYTOGENETICS DAT (Direct AntiGlobulin test) D-DIMER DENGUE DEXAMETHASONE (SUPP.TEST) DHEAS DIGOXIN


TUBES Gn G G G G G G G G G G G G P G P P G G G G G G G G Db P Gn G B G P Db G G P G G G P P G P PK G Tn G G Gn P B G G G G


ON ICE STRAIGHT TO LAB

TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED OR BLOOD GAS SAMPLE

by 12:00 on Fridays

P Gn

STRAIGHT TO LAB SPECIAL FORM

if local testing required AT 37'C TRANSFUSION LAB

STRAIGHT TO LAB TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED P LABEL BY HAND- SIGNED P

KEEP AT 37

Gn

SPECIAL FORM

°

C

I

N

F

L

A

S

K

STRAIGHT TO LAB

TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED





LAB M H B H B M M B B B B B H B H H H M H B B H B H B B B B B B B M B B B H B H H H B B H B M M M M M H M H M M M

TEST DIPHTHERIA DIRECT COOMBS (DAT) DNA (MOLECULAR GENETICS) DRVT DS-DNA (ANTIBODY) EBV EBV PCR EGFR ELECTROPHORESIS (PROTEIN) ELECTROLYTES ENA ERYTHROPOIETIN ESR ETHANOL FACTOR V LEIDEN FACTOR VIII FACTOR Xa (Heparin Therapy) FARMERS LUNG FDP (=D-DIMER) FERRITIN FLECAINIDE FIBRINOGEN FOLATE (FOLIC ACID) FLOW CYTOMETRY FREE ANDROGEN INDEX FREE LIGHT CHAINS FRUCTOSAMINE FSH + LH fT4 (free T4) fT3 (free T3) GAD GALACTOMANNAN GAMMA (G) GT GASTRIN GENTAMICIN GLANDULAR FEVER GLUCOSE GLUCOSE-6-PD GLYCATED HB GROUP AND SAVE GROWTH HORMONE GUT HORMONES HBAIC HDL-CHOLESTEROL HEP A, HEP B, HEP C HEP B PCR (VIRAL LOAD) HEP C GENOTYPING HEP C PCR HEP C RNA HFE (DNA) HIB HIT SCREEN HIV HIV VIRAL LOAD HIV GENOTYPIC RESISTANCE


G P P B G G P G G G G P

TUBES


P B

SPECIAL FORM STRAIGHT TO LAB

P

P

BLACK Gr B P B B B G B G SPECIAL B G P G G G G G G G G G P P G P Gr P P PK G P P P G G P P P P P P P P P P P P P G PK G G P P

Process ASAP TNF, TA/PMR ONLY

STRAIGHT TO LAB STRAIGHT TO LAB

GEL FREE TUBE

SEE ASPERGILLUS STRAIGHT TO LAB TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED

LABEL BY HAND AND SIGN STRAIGHT TO LAB





LAB M H H H H B M B B B M B B H H B H B H B B B B B M M B B B H M B B B B M M B H M M B M M M B B B H B B B M M H

TEST HISTOPLASMA HLA B27 HLA B51 HLA CLASS 1 + 2 HLA NARCOLEPSY HOMOCYSTINE HYDATID IGE IGF-1 IGF-BP3 IMMUNODEFICIENCY SCREEN IMMUNOFIXATION IMMUNOGLOBULINS IMMUNOPHENOTYPING INR INSULIN INTRINSIC FACTOR IRON JAK 2 KARYOTYPE KETONES LACTATE LEAD LDH LEGIONELLA LEPTOSPIRA LFT'S LH + FSH LITHIUM LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT LYME SEROLOGY LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES LUPUS (SLE) MAGNESIUM MAST CELL TRYPTASE MEASLES MENINGOCOCCAL PCR METANEPHRINES (PLASMA) MONONUCLEOSIS / MONOSPOT MUMPS MYCOPLASMA NT- proBNP NEEDLESTICK NEEDLESTICK INJURY FOLLOW UP NOCARDIA OESTRADIOL OLIGOCLONAL BANDS OSMOLALITY OSMOTIC FRAGILITY PARACETAMOL PARAPROTEIN STUDIES PARATHORMONE (PTH) PARVO VIRUS PARVO VIRUS PCR PAUL BUNNELL


G P P P P Gn G G G G G G G P B P G G P Gn G Gr P G G G G G G B G P G G G G P P P G G G G P G G G G Gn G G G G P P

TUBES


P P P or

TRANSFUSION LAB TRANSFUSION LAB

P P P

STRAIGHT TO LAB

STRAIGHT TO LAB

Gn

AT LAB BEFORE 14:00HR SPECIAL FORM STRAIGHT TO LAB

TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED B MON, TUES, OR WED MORNINGS

CONTACT BIOCHEM BEFORE TAKING

P

STRAIGHT TO LAB

G

SERUM TO MATCH CSF SAMPLE CONTACT HAEM BEFORE TAKING

P





LAB M B B H B M H M B B B B B B M H M M M B B M H H M B M B B B B B M B M H B M H B H H B B B M M M B B B B B B B

TEST PERTUSSIS PHENOBARBITONE PHENYTOIN PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME PHOSPHATE PNEUMOCOCCAL ANTIBODY PNH POLYOMA VIRUS POTASSIUM (K) PROCOLLAGEN III PEPTIDE PROGESTERONE PROLACTIN PROTEIN PSA PSEUDOMONAS ANTIBODIES PYRUVATE KINASE (RED CELL) Q FEVER QUANTIFERON RABIES RAST (SPECIFIC IGE) RENIN RESPIRATORY SCREEN RETICULOCYTES RF (Rheumatoid Factor) RUBELLA SALICYLATE SCHISTOSOMAL ANTIBODIES SELENIUM SHBG SIROLIMUS SODIUM (Na) SPERM Allergy SYPHILIS TACROLIMUS TEICOPLANIN T CELL SUBSETS TESTOSTERONE TETANUS THALASSAEMIA TRAIT SCREEN THEOPHYLLINE THICK/THIN FILM THROMBOPHILIA SCREEN THYROGLOBULIN THYROID ANTIBODIES TIBC TORCH SCREEN TOXOCARA TOXOPLASMA TPMT TRANSFERRIN TRIGLYCERIDE TROPONIN TSH URATE (URIC ACID) UREA


Bb

TUBES G G G Gn Gn Gn G G P G G Tn G G G G G P G SPECIAL G G P G P G G G G Db G P G G G P G P G G P G P B B P G G G G G G G P G G G G G G

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED

GEL FREE TUBE

QUANTIFERON GOLD FROM MICRO

CONTACT BIOCHEM BEFORE TAKING

TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED

TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED CONTACT HAEM BEFORE TAKING

TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED STRAIGHT TO LAB





LAB B B M M M H B B B B H B B H B M M B

TEST VALPROATE VANCOMYCIN VARICELLA ZOSTER (VZ) VDRL VIRAL LOAD VISCOSITY VITAMIN A + E VITAMIN B12 VITAMIN D VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACIDS VON WILLEBRANDS VOLTAGE GATED CA. CHANNEL ABS VOLTAGE GATED POT. CHANNEL ABS WBC + DIFFERENTIAL WHITE CELL ENZYMES YELLOW FEVER YERSINIA ZINC


TUBES G G G G P P G G G G B B G G P P G G Db

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED

STRAIGHT TO LAB KEEP IN DARK

STRAIGHT TO LAB

MON, TUES, OR WED MORNINGS


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