Blood
Function of platelets
The order of draw for venipuncture
What is light blue, red, green, lavender, gray?
Most important step in any procedure
What is positive patient identification?
The most common non-blood specimen
What is urine?
Donation that is used to intentionally remove blood to lower RBC
What is therapeutic phlebotomy?
Average amount of blood volume for adult
What is 5 liters?
Expired tubes can lead to this
What is erroneous results and re-sticking of patients?
Signs of apprehensive patient
What is pallor, shallow breathing and diaphoretic?
Use of sputum specimen
What is determining respiratory infections?
Site for heel stick
What is the lateral or medial side of the heel?
The percentage of whole blood that is formed elements
What is 45%?
The inert and synthetic substance found in SST and PST tubes
What is thixotropic gel?
What is to be done when a patient isn't in room for STAT or timed draw
What is find and go to the patient to draw?
Must be followed when handling drug testing specimen
What is chain of custody protocol?
This is how long you should let a site air dry
What is 30-60 seconds?
Where erythrocytes are produced
What is bone marrow?
Specimen labels should include these
What is patient's full name, patient's DOB, patient's MRN, date of collection, time of collection and CPT's initials?
The best time to draw from a sleeping patient
What is never?
Most common type of urine sample
What is random?
The parts of a syringe
What is plunger, barrel and syringe needle?
The vein near median nerve
What is basilic?
This tube must have a 9:1 blood to additive ration
What is light blue tube?
What should be done if there is a language barrier between patient
What is find a translator or use hand gestures?
Urine does this to a stool sample
What is hinders bacterial growth?
The amount of time to wait after an IV drip is stopped to draw blood
What is two minutes?