Unit 5: Hemoglobin Testing 26 Original: October 1999 Revision: September 2010 5 â 5 Recording Hemoglobin Values Objectives After completing this section, you will be able to: Correctly record hemoglobin values. Correctly record reasons why a hemoglobin value was not taken.
Group 7 â EDTA and ESR tubes. Black top ESR-Vacuum top with 3.2% sodium citrate: used for Westergren sedimentation rate. Group 9 â Yellow top with ACD Solution A. Yellow top tube with ACD (acid citrate dextrose) Solution A: used for whole blood determinations including flow cytometry and tissue typing assays.
Order of Draw When Using Evacuated Tubes. When collecting diagnostic blood specimens by venipuncture into evacuated tubes the order of draw is, b ased on Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute's (CLSI) standard H3-A6 from November, 2007, as follows: 1.) Blood cultures (yellow) SPS (sterile).