Quality Assurance
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Drawing a patient's blood without his or her permission can result in this charge.
What is Assault and Battery
The suffix of the term “osteochondritis”.
What is “-itis”?
The function of the left ventricle.
What is to deliver Oxygenated blood through the aorta to the body.
Never leave a tourniquet on for more than ______
What is 1 minute?
Light blue
What is Sodium Citrate?
A phlebotomist fails to put the needle in the sharps container.
What is Negligence
Muscle pain
What is Myalgia?
A specimen that had clotted and has been spun down yields __________
What is Serum?
The most critical error a phlebotomist can make.
What is Misidentification?
Lavender
What is EDTA?
The agency that requires healthcare organizations to have a QA program in place to be accredited.
What is JCAHO
Hardening of the artery
What is Arteriosclerosis?
Blood that is flowing back to the heart.
What is venous blood?
When the patient asks if the specimen you are about to draw is for a diabetes test.
What is to tell the patient that it's best to discuss the test with his or her physician?
Red (not plain)
What is Clot Activator?
A global, nonprofit, standards-developing organization with representatives from the profession, industry, and government who use a consensus process to develop voluntary guidelines and standards for all areas of the laboratory.
What is CLSI
Precedes the word root
What is a Prefix?
The relaxing phase of the cardiac cycle.
What is Diastole?
A specimen that must be drawn immediately.
What is a STAT?
Green
What is Sodium Heparin
When labeling a specimen it must include this information.
Patient Full Name and Identifier
Date and Time of draw
Your initials
The medical term for white blood cell.
What is a Leukocyte?
The receiving chambers of the heart.
What are the Atria?
Order of Draw
What is
Sterile/Yellow/Blood Cultures
Light blue/Sodium Citrate
Red/Royal blue/Plain/Clot Activator
Tiger/SST
Light green/PST
Green/Heparin
Lavender/EDTA
Gray/Potassium Oxalate
Gray
What is Potassium Oxalate?