Final facts
After the blood passes from the right atrium, it travels through what
tricuspid valve
What is the job of leukocytes?
Fight infection
Which frequently use butterfly collection gauge do you Use?
21 gauge
A sharps container is full when it is
3/4 full
When should you label your sample?
After blood collecting and mixing
A patient has a mastectomy and I do not stick on the left arm. What should you do?
Stick the right arm or the opposite arm
Which agency is responsible for workplace safety?
OSHA
Yellow top tube attitude
Sodium polyanethol sulfate
What does PPE stand for?
Personal protective equipment
When are skin punctures useful?
If the patient is a neonate
The patient should be _________ to collect a glucose tolerance test that shows how the body processes glucose/sugars.
Fasting
What is the definition of phlebotomy?
Incision into a vein
What attitude does a purple fat have?
EDTA
Drug addiction normally starts at what age range?
Adolescence age of 10 to 19
what should you do before collecting labs from a patient?
Greet, identification and hand hygiene
Name some test that has to be chilled on ice or in a ice slurry
Arterial blood gases, ammonia, renin and lactic acid
What additive does Vacuette serum to have?
SST serum separator tube
Look in her tub is suitable for what test?
creatinine
What disease is causes tremors
Parkinson’s
When arm bangs cannot be used what is an alternative?
Dorsal side of the hand or wrist
How many ML’s of blood goes in a adult blood culture?
8 to 10 ML’s
Which equipment will you use first for difficult sticks?
Butterfly needle
SPS is what collection and what department releases the results?
Microbiology
What location should you collect a child’s lab?
In a treatment room
Arteries differ from veins in what ways?
Arteries pulsate
What are legal proceedings for lab collection called?
Chain of custody
What is the definition of hemostasis?
Encourages vasoconstriction (stops bleeding)
What type of room do you have to read the post in those first before entering?
Isolation room
What is the purpose of thrombocytes?
Clotting
When should you use a Venus scope?
Difficult veins and improved likelihood of successful stick
What does using expired tubes lose?
Suction
Which color tube and is additive is considered whole blood?
Purple with EDTA additive
What’s the first in the who’s five moments in hand hygiene?
Before touching a patient
What test test PH, PO2 ( partial pressure of o2) and PCO2 (partial pressure of carbon dioxide) of the blood?
Arterial blood gases (ABG)
What should you do if a patient shows they’re scared of needles?
Show compassion
When collecting a BAC (blood alcohol) what do we not use?
Don’t use alcohol
You will use Non-alcoholic base prep such as chlorhexidine
What is the first thing you do if a patient starts seizing during being a functional collection?
Pop the tourniquet
What is nosocomial infection?
Hospital acquired infection
What is the best location to collect a capillary blood gas on an infant?
Lateral posterior of the heel side
What can food do to a lab test?
Can be affected by ingestion of food and drink
What is the name of the certification exam you will take after clinical?
NHA national health career Association
BMP Leukochek an be used for
Micro collection and delusion of blood sample for the WBC count
What is aseptic means?
Clean but not sterile
What does blowed from a skin puncture have?
Blood and interstitial fluid
How long do you leave a tourniquet on and how many inches above the site do you apply tourniquet?
1 minute long, 3 to 4 inches above the side
What lancet size do we use?
2.0 mm or less
Random drug test means
Unpredictable times
What should you look for in a blood smear?
Feathered edge