Order of Draw
When is the sterile blood culture tube or bottle drawn?
This tube/bottle is usually drawn first when blood cultures are ordered.
Most commonly used vein for venipuncture
Median Cubital Vein
These tubes must be gently inverted after collection to mix additives
Additive Tubes
These precautions are used for all patients regardless of diagnosis
Standard Precautions
Heel punctures on infants should generally be performed on this area of the foot.
Medial or Lateral Plantar surface of heel
What is the coagulation tube and what additive does it contain?
Light Blue Tube - Sodium Citrate
One Minute
This specimen conditon can falsley elevate potassium results
Hemolysis
Federal Agency that enforces workplace safety regulations
OSHA
This test measures blood glucose over a period of time after glucose dose
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)
Which tube commonly contains EDTA and used for Hematology testing?
Lavendar (Purple) tube
What needle gauge is commonly used for routine adult venipuncture?
21 or 22 gauge
Ice Slurry
Needles must be immediately placed into this type of container after use
Sharps Container
Blood cultures are collected using this type of technique ton prevent contamination
Aseptic Technique
Which tube is drawn after serum tubes BUT before EDTA tubes in the CLSI order of draw?
The Green Tube
What action should be taken immediately if patient begins fainting during a blood draw?
withdraw the needle and make sure patient is safe from injury
The laboratory term for the liquid portion of blood
Serum
Which hand hygiene method is preferred when hands are visibly soiled
Washing hands with soap and water
Therapeutic drug monitoring often requires collection at this specific time relative to medication dosing
Peak or Trough time
Failure to follow Order of Draw can lead to this type of laboratory error.
Additive carryover or specimen contamination
The term that describes the rupture of red blood cells during specimen collection or handling?
Hemolysis
Test commonly requires protection from light using amber tubing or foil wrap
Bilirubin Testing
What increases the risk of needlestick injury
Recapping a used needle
This anticoagulant is found in blood bank tubes and helps preserve red blood cells
EDTA