These are the names of the veins in the anticubital area of the arm used for venipuncture.
What are the Median Cubital, Cephalic and Basilic veins?
100
This is a guide to help you determine if you are using Requisition Entry or One Click to enter lab orders for a sample received in the lab.
What is the Specimen Receiving Workflow
100
This gets filled out each time a body fluid or tissue sample is received in the lab
What is the Tissue and Body Fluid Tracking Sheet
100
This is the main resource for specimen requirement, stability and storage information.
What is PAML test directory
100
This is where you can put your ideas for process or workflow improvement for the leadership team to review and take action on.
What is the learning board
200
When collecting for a set of blood cultures and you are only able to obtain 10 mL of blood, you would put the entire 10 mL of blood into this bottle.
What is an aerobic bottle
200
This is necessary when entering lab orders through Requisition Entry in order for billing to occur properly
What is clicking on "REG" or What is creating a HAR
200
The tubes for this test need to incubate for 16-24 hours before being centrifuged.
What is Quanteferon
200
This is used to document all aliquoted send out tests and includes what the test is, the sample type and who aliquoted.
What is the Send out Log
200
This is where you can now find the Employee Incident Reporting site.
What is HR Portal
300
This form is to be kept on phlebotomy carts and is used to document unsuccessful draws.
What is the Redraw Form
300
This is what is done each time a Nursing Home orders a Vitamin D test.
What is billing the client.
300
This is monitored frequently to look for incoming samples that have been accessioned and/or collected.
What is the Expected List
300
All send out tests have these two letters at the end of their accession number
What is SZ
300
The accession numbers we use are essentially codes. The third, fourth and fifth numbers in the accession are a code for this.
What is the Julian date (day of the year)
400
This is a tool used to aid the phlebotomist in a difficult collection
What is the vein finder
400
After completion of entering lab orders from a requisition this is done to aid the person performing req checks in looking up the correct patient account
What is Transcribed Orders
400
This information is required on all packing lists received into the lab.
What is the initials of the person receiving, the date received and the sample types received.
400
When performing this task do not allow for interruptions (ie phone, conversation, etc). Furthermore, this task is performed one test, one patient at a time.
What is aliquoting a specimen for send out.
400
This is where you can put information relating to missing samples from packing lists, cancelled tests or missing patient demographics when you are not able to obtain all the missing information.
What is the follow up board.
500
This is required at the beginning your shift to allow for effective communication between phlebotomists and other hospital departments
What is logging into Vocera
500
This is where you will find job aids for Requisition Entry, One Click, Faxing lab results, scanning documents and full patient registration.
What is Policy Stat
500
The source is frequently left blank or may contain incorrect source data when receiving this type of sample and must be updated and or verified with what is written on the container when receiving.
What are blood cultures
500
Hypercoag panels require centrifugation, aliquot and recentrifugation. What is the term used to describe this sample type?
What is Platelet poor plasma
500
If you collect five of these you can turn them in to me for a free meal.