Capillary Procedures
Which Fingers are used for capillary sticks?
3rd and 4th
What additive is in a black tube?
Sodium Citrate
What PPE is required for malaria?
Contact, gloves and gown
Why is important question the order of PSA test female?
Because the PSA is a test for prostate, only men.
Why do we not use the thumb?
Because an artery runs through it.
What color tube is always last?
Gray
Solution you clean fomites with
Hypochlorite
What is the common test that require fasting include cholesterol, lipids.
FBS (fasting blood sugar)
Where do we stick infants for capillary procedures?
Medial or lateral side of the heel
If the nurse calls for a pt test what color tube is used
Light Blue
What is reverse isolation?
put PPE on patient to protect them
What 3 testing CLIA can do?
POC testing: urine strips, strep swab, glucose.
2mm or less
What do you use to prep the skin with when drawing a blood culture?
Iodine or Chlorhexadine if allergic to shellfish
Three most common airborne pathogens?
Active TB,verascella, and measles
Do you need a APTT test, which lab department and tube color do you need?
Coagulation/ light blue
Why do we stick perpendicular to the whirls?
So the blood forms a drop and doesn’t run down the finger
Micro-collection tube order
Lavender, Green, Additive, No additive
What triangle color is a fire hazard sign?
Red
A patient has pain in his chest spreading to his arm, which test is recommended?
CK-test for patient with cardiac problems.