Across
- 3. Clue: First tube to be drawn to avoid contamination
- 5. Clue: Additive in the lavender tube
- 9. Clue: Tube used for complete blood counts
- 11. Clue: this tube causes more carry-over problems than any other
- 12. Clue: Additive in light blue tube that preserves clotting factors
- 13. Clue: Gel separator tube that does not require clotting time
Down
- 1. Clue: Red tube may contain this to speed up clotting
- 2. Clue: Liquid portion of clotted blood-
- 4. Clue: Tube collected for PT and PTT tests
- 6. Clue: Used for glucose and alcohol testing, drawn last
- 7. Clue: Fluid part of blood collected in lavender or green tubes
- 8. Clue: Common additive in green and light green tubes
- 10. Clue: Tube that’s sometimes plastic with silica or glass with none
- 12. Clue: Tube that forms a barrier after centrifugation using gel