Needle Size Matters
Needle with largest lumen
What is 18 guage?
This type of testing may require chain of custody documentation
What is drug screening/testing?
Because results vary somewhat from person to person, the results used for comparison become a range of values with high and low limits, commonly called?
What is the reference range?
Prolonged tourniquet application may cause a change in blood composition primarily because of
What is Hemoconcentration?
What type of transmission would be were the infectious agent is carried by an insect, arthropod, or animal?
What is vector?
This is an important factor when choosing a needle gauge for venipuncture
What is the size and condition of the vein?
Glucose tolerance testing (GTT) timing begins
After the patient finishes the glucose drink (glucola)
The most common reason for using an additive is to prevent clotting of the specimen. The most common anticoagulants are?
What is: EDTA, heparin, oxalates (listing any would be correct answer)
You have no choice but to draw a specimen from a site with a hematoma. Where should you obtain the specimen?
What is distal to the hematoma?
What is a condition that results when a microorganism is able to invade the body, multiply, and cause injury or disease?
What is infection?
Drawing a patient's blood without his or her permission can result in a charge of
What is Assault and battery?
This is the safest area for infant heel puncture
What is the lateral or medial plantar surface?
What is the purpose of an antiglycolytic agent?
What is to preserve glucose?
What federal agency mandates Safe working conditions?
What is OSHA?
Which of the following terms means kidney inflammation?
What is nephritis?
The _______________ vein is the last choice vein for venipuncture in the antecubital area because it overlies the brachial artery and several major nerves of the arm.
What is the basilic?
The abbreviation of the routine hematology test that includes hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood court, and white blood determinations is:
What is CBC?
Which is the best additive for collecting an ethanol specimen?
What is Sodium fluoride?
It is important to allow additive tubes to fill with blood until when?
When the vacuum is exhausted
Which type of contact infection transmission involves transfer of an infective microbe to the mucous membranes of a susceptible individual by means of a cough or sneeze?
What is droplet?
What is the proper blood-to-additive ratio for a light-tube collected for a coagulation test?
What is 9:1?
Proof of participation in workshops to upgrade skills required by some agencies to renew certification
What is Continuing education units (CEU)?
A (PTT) Prothrombin Time Test requires it be drawn in what color evacuation tube?
What is light blue?
Which government agency regulates the quality of gloves worn when performing phlebotomy procedures?
What is the FDA?
Which of the following is an example of a nosocomial infection?
What is when a catheter site of a patient in ICU becomes infected