Venipuncture
What is the length of time a tourniquet can be left on?
1 minute
What is the first tube in the draw order?
Sterile tube/Blood Cultures
What is in a Lavender top tube?
EDTA
What is the most common needle size for venipuncture?
20-22g
What is the most common side effect of having blood drawn?
Hematoma
What is the vein located in the center of the arm?
median cubital
What is the 4th tube color?
Green tube
What is in the lite blue tube?
Na Citrate
What is used to apply pressure to site?
2x2 Gauze
What is syncope?
Fainting
What is order of how you finish a blood draw?
Tourniquet, tube, and then needle
What is the 2nd tube color?
Red tube
What is in a green tube?
Heparin
What is what the blood in collected into?
Vacutainer tubes
What is when the RBC's break apart?
Hemolysis
What is the proper way to clean the site?
Circular motion
What is the 3rd tube color?
serum tube (red, gel, sst, gold)
What is in a grey top?
Na Flouride
What is used to make veins prominent?
Tourniquet
Why would a lite blue top tube get rejected?
Tube rejected because it is not filled completely.
May I draw your blood today?
Informed consent
What is 7th tube color?
Lavender
What is the function of additives in the tubes?
Accelerates clotting of the blood (clot activator) or prevents the blood from clotting (anticoagulant).
What is used to clean the arm for alcohol level testing?
Soap solution (Not alcohol)
What would you use to help make it easier to find a vein?
Apply heat pack