Course Lab Skills Basic Blood Collection Vet Tech Vocation Process 0 steps completed0% 10 Lessons Apply to take this course Apply to take this course Lessons Expand All | Collapse All Blood Collection 6 Topics The Why's Types of Bloodwork Pre-Bloodwork Preparation Storage Contaminants Learning The How To's 3 Topics Quickly and with Minimal Trauma Feel, See and Touch Calmness Rules Veins 6 Topics Venipuncture Let's Talk Veins Jugular Vein Cephalic Vein Saphenous Vein Having Trouble? Tubes and The Color Code 13 Topics Vacutainers Coagulant Blood Test Anticoagulant Blood Test Other Types of Tests Small Green Tube Top Gold Top Tube Mini Purple Tube Large Purple White Ring Tube Top Red with Yellow Ring Tube Top White Tube Top Red and Black Tube Top Blue Tube Top Cheatsheet The Order of the Draw 3 Topics Phlebotomy Order of Draw Catheter Line/Cultures Order of Draw Skin Puncture The Reference Laboratory Book 3 Topics IDEXX The Alphabetical Test List The Directory of Services IDEXX Vials 2 Topics How Much? Where to Store Sample Guidelines 4 Topics Stim Test Bile Acids LDDST Tips and Tricks Quality Samples 8 Topics High Quality Sample Tips Specimen Collection Guidelines Microbiology Specimen Collection Guidelines Cytology Specimen Collection Guidelines Histopathology Specimen Collection Guidelines Shipping Guidelines Preparing Samples For Your Tool Box When, What and Where? 4 Topics Routine Screening/Healthy Recheck Bloodwork Recheck Wellness Profiles or Individual Kidney or Liver Values Sick or Pre-Surgical Patients