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Preventing transmission of microorganisms from infected sources is accomplished?
Personal protective equipment (PPE's), handwashing
What is the definition of phlebotomy?
the practice of drawing blood
After performing a phlebotomy procedure, what do you do with the needle you used?
Needles should be placed in the Sharps container IMMEDIATELY following the collection. Needles should never be broken or recapped
Tourniquets cannot be left for longer than_________?
1 min
Where is the best location for a cap stick?
side of the middle or ring finger
Name 5 things you need to have ready before you start a venipuncture
gloves, alcohol wipe, vacutainer, double-sided needle, sharps container, gauze and tape/bandaid, tourniquet, hub
What does venipuncture mean?
the puncture of a vein as part of a medical procedure
Which needle is bigger, a 16 gauge or a 23 gauge?
16 gauge
What must be followed in order to ensure that blood draws are completed correctly to prevent contamination between additives?
order of draw
How do you wipe the location of a cap stick to prep it for the procedure?
with alcohol wipe in one direction
what do you do after puncturing the skin with a lancet?
wipe away the first drop of blood
As a general rule, you should not stick the patient more than ___?
twice
What's wrong in this scenario?
A coworker stuck a patient with a vacutainer. She pops the tube on and gets no blood return. She pulls the needle out with the tube on it and sticks the patient again with the same needle.
it is not okay to re-stick the patient with the same needle.
the vacuum is now gone from the initial tube.
What collects capillary blood?
microhematocrit tube or vial
Name 2 types of needles used by phlebotomists
hypodermic needle, butterfly needle, double ended needle
How to do you prep the site of a venipuncture?
wipe with an alcohol wipe in a circular (spiral) motion
What is used to clean/sterilize the puncture site?
Isopropyl alcohol
What describes the distal, tapered open end of the shaft of the needle that facilitates non-traumatic entry into a vein
beveled
What do you puncture a finger with?
lancet
What is the device used to stop blood flow called, normally tied above the antecubital area?
tourniquet
Treating all people like they are infectious
Universal precautions
Leaving the tourniquet on a patient's arm for an extended length of time before drawing blood may cause?
hemoconcentration
What object collects veinous blood
vacuatiner
where do you place the tourniquet for a cap stick?
you don't