Tube Types/Order of Draw
In what order do you draw the blood culture bottles?
Color Options:
Orange(Anaerobic) and Green(Aerobic)
GO!
1.Green 2.Orange
List 3 things that would violate MVHS dress code.
Vibrant Hair Color
Open Toed Shoes
Ripped Jeans
Leggings
Long Hair Down
Vulgor Apparel
Etc.
Which of the following is the correct url to get to MediaLab?
www.medialab.com is the url used to access MediaLab.
List the needle gauges from largest to smallest
21 gauge
23 gauge
18 gauge
The higher the number the smaller the needle.
18, 21, 23
Where should you never put the label when you are labeling a blood culture bottle?
Over the barcoded area of the blood culture bottle.
What color tube(s) contain EDTA?
Name 1 test the tube(s) could be used for.
Lavender, Pink, Tan, Navy Blue
CBC, TYPSC, LEAD, ESR, H&H, RETYC
What form do you complete when you miss a punch (ex. forget your badge)
Payroll Edit Authorization Request Form (PEAR Form)
How often should you log on and check your Groupwise email?
You should log on and check your email at least once every shift.
You go to a patients room and draw a specimen. You notice that they don't have a patient ID wristband on...what do you do?
Let the nurse know that you cannot draw a patient without a patient ID wristband. The nurse will obtain one and place it on the patients wrist or you.
List 4 lab departments.
Chemistry
Hematology
Coagulation
Blood Bank
Urinalysis
Microbiology
Pathology/Histology/Cytology
What color tube(s) contain Fluoride Oxalate?
Name 1 test the tube(s) would be used for.
Grey
Lactic Acid
If your shift is 07:00-15:00 can you punch in at 06:51 and punch out at 15:02?
No, You have to punch in within 6 minutes of you shift start and have to stay until your shift ends.
For this example:
You should punch in between 06:54 and 07:00
You should punch out between 15:00 and 15:06
Explain what MediaLab and myNetLearning are used for.
MediaLab is the lab's resource to train/refresh employees on laboratory procedures and processes.
myNetLearning is the organization's (MVHS) resource to assign annual mandatories and educate staff on important company procedures.
List the 3 main priorities in order from most urgent to least urgent.
STAT
TIMED
ROUTINE
When checking a transport list you notice a specimen is missing. What is the next step?
Inform your supervisor/chargetech and contact the departure site.
Put the following in the correct order of draw:
EDTA-Fluoride Oxalate- Sodium Citrate
Sodium Citrate
EDTA
Fluoride Oxalate
Your supervisor asks you to stay late and help out in specimen processing, what form are you responsible for filling out?
What does I-CARE stand for, and what is it's purpose?
Integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, excellence.
It is used to boost morale within the MVHS orginization
Specimen(s) for what lab department should always be hand labeled with date/time/initial upon specimen collection?
Blood Bank
List the 3 Patient Identifiers
MRN
DOB
Full Name
Why are Sodium Citrate (light blue) tubes required to be filled completely to the fill line?
To ensure the proper ratio of additive:blood
When requesting PDO how far in advance does the form have to be put in? (Looking for # of days)
You must have a PDO request form in 14 days prior to the day(s) you are requesting off.
An online resource to look up hospital and lab policies.
PolicyStat
What will alert you if a patient has a precaution (ex Airborne or Contact) placed on them?
There will be a sign on the door. The color of the sign varies based on the type of precaution.
Yellow-Contact
Red-CDiff
Purple-Neutropenic
Pink-Airborne
Green-Droplet
Gray-Shingles
Indicate whether or not you centrifuge a specimen based on its requirements of:
Whole Blood-Plasma-Serum
NO-Whole Blood
YES-Serum, Plasma