For the specimen collection tubes listed below, select the proper order of use during specimen collection.

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To avoid contamination between collection tubes, tubes for coagulation testing should be collected first to ensure that there is no interference with coagulation testing from subsequent tubes.This is followed by tubes that have no anticoagulant, then heparin-containing tubes, and finally EDTA-containing tubes.EDTA-containing tubes are at the end of the collection order because of the many possible interferences that EDTA can have on laboratory assays, as well as the analyte itself.

For the Specimen Collection Tubes Listed Below, Select the Proper