Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust Pathology Information
Sample Collection Guide Page 1 of 7 Date of Issue Jan 2011
(Q-Pulse No. PATH-11)
BLOOD SAMPLE COLLECTION GUIDE.
Version Q-Pulse No
1 PATH-11
Authorised by
AWL, CP, GD, MW
Author
A.W.Lansdell
Copy Location of copies
1 1. Q Pulse 2. Pathology Handbook (on Bob) 3. Phlebotomy A 4. Phlebotomy B
Document Key
LAB = Laboratory performing the test:
B H M
Blood Tubes:
R P G B G PK
Biochemistry (GreenText), Tel 01271 (32)2345 Haematology (Red Text), Tel 01271 (32)2329 Microbiology (Blue Text), Tel 01271 (32)2347
Red top - Gel Purple/Lavender - EDTA Grey top - Sodium Fluoride & EDTA Blue top - Trisodium Citrate Green top - Lithium Heparin Pink top - EDTA White top - Plain Black top - Trisodium Citrate Contact laboratory
WHITE BLACK SPECIAL Note: where multiple tubes are shown, e.g.
Laboratory Procedure
P
P
P
three purple top tubes will be required
Review Date Jan 2012
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LAB B B B B M B B B B B B B B B B B B M B B M B B B B B B B B B H B B M B M B H B B H M M B B B B M H B B B B B B
TEST ACE ACETAMINOPHEN ACR (ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR) ACTH ACTINOMYCIN AFP AIP ALBUMIN ALDOSTERONE ALCOHOL ALLERGY TESTING ALP ALP ISOENZYMES ALT ALUMINIUM AMAG AMH AMIKACIN AMINO ACIDS AMINOPHYLLINE 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 APCA APTT ASOT ASPERGILLUS PRECIPITINS ASPERGILLUS (ALLERGY) ASPIRIN AST B12 BARTONELLA BCR/ABL BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN BETA2 MICROGLOBULIN BHCG BICARBONATE BILE ACID BILIRUBIN
Laboratory Procedure
TUBES R R R P R R R R P G R R R R WHITE R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R PK R R R R R R B R R B R R R R R R R P P P R R R R R R
Sample Collection Guide Page 2 of 7 Date of Issue Jan 2011 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
PHONE BEFORE COLLECTION
PHONE BEFORE COLLECTION
STRAIGHT TO LAB NO LONGER AVAILABLE
BEFORE 14:00HR STRAIGHT TO LAB
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LAB B M M M B B B B B B B M B B B M H H B B M M M B B B B B B H M H H B H B B M B B M M H B B B M B H H M B B B M
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 CAT SCRATCH CLL CD4 CEA C1 ESTERASE CHICKEN POX ( or V.Z) CHLAMYDIA ANTIBODIES CHLORAMPHENICOL CHLORIDE CHOLESTEROL CHOLINESTERASE CHROMOGRANIN A + B CHROMOSOME CK COAGULATION COCCIDIODES CLOZAPINE MONITORING 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 (SUP.TEST) DHEAS DIGOXIN DIPHTHERIA
Laboratory Procedure
TUBE/S G R R R R R R R R G R R R P R R P P R R R R R R R R SPECIAL G G R B R P R R P R R R R P R P PK R R R R G G P B R R R R R
Sample Collection Guide Page 3 of 7 Date of Issue Jan 2011 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
ON ICE STRAIGHT TO LAB
TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED
by 12:00 on Fridays
PHONE LAB SPECIAL FORM
if local testing required AT 37'C TRANSFUSION LAB
STRAIGHT TO LAB TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED
LABEL BY HAND SIGNED AT 37'C
SPECIAL FORM
TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED
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Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust Pathology Information TUBE/S
Sample Collection Guide Page 4 of 7 Date of Issue Jan 2011 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
B
SPECIAL FORM STRAIGHT TO LAB
BLACK
TNF, TA/PMR ONLY
B
TO LAB ASAP TO LAB ASAP
WHITE
GEL FREE TUBE
(Q-Pulse No. PATH-11)
LAB 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 H B H H H B B H H B M M M M M M H M H M M M
TEST DIRECT COOMBS (DAT) DNA (MOLECULAR GENETICS) DRVT DS-DNA (ANTIBODY) EBV EBV PCR EGFR ELECTROPHORESIS (PROTEIN) ELECTROLYTES ENA ERYTHROPOETIN ESR ETHANOL FACTOR V LEIDEN FACTOR VIII FACTOR Xa FARMER'S 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 (γγ) GT GENTAMICIN GLANDULAR FEVER GLUCOSE GLUCOSE-6-PD GLYCATED HB GROUP AND SAVE GROWTH HORMONE GUT HORMONES HAPTOGLOBIN HBAIC HDL-CHOLESTEROL HEP A, HEP B, HEP C HEP B VIRAL LOAD HEP B PCR HEP C GENOTYPING HEP C PCR HEP C RNA HFE (DNA) HIB HIT SCREEN HIV HIV VIRAL LOAD HIV GENOTYPIC RESISTANCE
Laboratory Procedure
P P B R R P R R R R R G P B B R B R B R P R R R R R R R R R R P G P P PK R
SPECIAL R P R R P P P P P P P P P P P R PK R R P P
SEE ASPERGILLUS TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED
LABEL BY HAND AND SIGN CONTACT LABORATORY
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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 H M M B M M B B B H B B B M M H M B
WHITE R P R R R P R P R R P R P B R R R R R R P R R R R R R R R R
Sample Collection Guide Page 6 of 7 Date of Issue Jan 2011 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED
OR DARK BLUE TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED
TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED CONTACT LAB BEFORE
TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED B
P
STRAIGHT TO LAB
TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED TIME OF LAST DOSE REQUIRED
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LAB M M H B B B B H B B H B M M M B
TEST VDRL VIRAL LOAD VISCOSITY VITAMIN A + E VITAMIN B12 VITAMIN D VLCFA VON WILLEBRANDS VOLTAGE GATED CA. CHANNEL ABS VOLTAGE GATED POT. CHANNEL ABS WBC + DIFFERENTIAL WHITE CELL ENZYMES WR (WASSERMAN REACTION) YELLOW FEVER YERSINIA ZINC
Laboratory Procedure
TUBE/S R P P R R R R B R R P P R R R
Sample Collection Guide Page 7 of 7 Date of Issue Jan 2011 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS STRAIGHT TO LAB KEEP IN DARK
