Phlebotomy: The Order of Draw

Preparing phlebotomy students for their National/State exam and training them with a correct understanding of CLEA, CLSI, OSHA and HIPPA procedures.

[kamaiparengit]

I remember it as You Like Really Good Looking Guys (yellow, light blue, red, green, lavender, gray)

[anwphotoshoots]

Another way to remember your order of tubes is:
1. You= yellow
2. Bring= Light Blue
3. Really= Red—SST
4. Good= Green
5. Lollipops= Lavender
6. Girl= Gray

I read the comments and understand I have missed some tubes, this is just a standard order of draw. Depending on the doctors office you will only use a SST and Lavender maybe a red, unless a doctor wants to check the patients INR which would be a light blue. That is based on my experience. Once you know the standard order of draw every other tube and blood culture will fall into place as well. Also this comment was from two years ago, in the state of TN they have changed some of our SSTs to gold. Good luck everyone and happy sticking :)

[aztecwarrior]

I like this type of instruction. No wasted time with worthless words.

[adrinah]

This video is AWESOME! it goes into all the details you need about Order of draw, what additives are in them, what department they go to, and what tests they are used for. All of this will help you to figure out the best answer to questions about specimen collection tubes when taking your NHA Phlebotomy exam!! I passed my exam today with a 424!!

[sharicook]

Thank you very much! You are a gifted educator. I found your breakdown the best. I am taking a Phlebotomy course with only 6 days left and unfortunately we are out due to covid19. I decided to start rereading and studying everything we have covered and delighted that each time I go over it more sticks. Again thank you

[razvandobos]

1:56 that mnemonic is so brilliant! I’ll be taking my NCCT in phlebotomy next Wednesday so wish me luck!

[chrisl]

I do not learn from the pop quiz at the end. I've been going over this for several weeks and I still cannot recall it. I took notes on everything you said and wrote. I'll review and maybe I'll remember...thank you for a clear explanation!

[queenmiya]

Thank you So much for this very helpful information I passed my PCT

[carlamodeste]

Mr Garza I'm from Trinidad and I'm going to start phlebotomy classes in January and I have already write down notes from your video to study in my spear time. Very good information. 👍👍👍👍👍

[devanb]

I will be starting my phlebotomy course in 2 weeks and this will help a lot! Thank you!

[choclitdyme]

Omg! That was so helpful! And that memory jogger is a life saver!

[bloodypup]

taking my cpt tomorrow. this has helped alot thank you so much !

[Mime_Spark]

I'm yet to start my course because of location barrier.
This was fun watching and love how detailed and easy explanations you gave. Thanks for the prep, it will really help me when i finally start my course .

[blaisepugliese]

thank you for this. my professor really isn't the best teacher, so this helped a lot. honestly there were colors like pink, gold and others and this clarified it much easier. I didn't know sst was also gold. lol

[JonathanRodriguez-htuk]

The best of the best, thank you, please keep teaching. You're made for this

[jasminegray]

This video really helped a lot my instructor kind of started all over the place and this video helped me study and remember the tubes way easier! Thanks so much!

[aztecwarrior]

I like your method of instruction straight forward and no nonsense verbage.

[ShawnaCostonPhD]

When the video starts it has great volume. But, when the study sessions start the volume is a little low and that's too bad. Other then that great work! I want to make a game for those who are having difficult times learning these tubes... some can learn the tubes but don't know the correct blood draws. So, it would be interesting to make a neat game of it. I would never have a failing study set.

[bondboy]

This is extremely helpful. This was the only thing that confused me in class

[skylarsmith]

Perfect video. It's very easy to remember. Thank you so much.