UA
Venipuncture
Blood Collection Equipment
Tubes
Anything Goes
100
Old urine samples tend to have this characteristic odor.
What is ammonia?
100
This is the distance that a tourniquet is placed above the puncture site.
What is 3 - 4 inches?
100
This is used to puncture the patient's skin when collecting capillary blood.
What is a lancet?
100
This tubes contain EDTA as an additive.
What are lavender tubes and/or pink tubes?
100
These are the acceptable puncture sites for capillary blood collections.
What are the ring finger, middle finger, and the heel?
200
This is the amount of time a lab professional has before having to refrigerate a urine sample.
What is 2 hours?
200
This is the maximum allowable amount of time a tourniquet may be left on the patient arm.
What is 1 minute?
200
This is used to cleanse the site during routine blood collections.
What is 70% isopropyl alcohol?
200
These tubes contain heparin as an additive.
What are green tubes?
200
Urinary casts are examined under this microscope objective?
What is 10x?
300
This type of urine specimen requires a sterile specimen cup.
What is a midstream clean-catch?
300
These are the veins of choice, in order, when performing venipuncture.
What are median cubital, cephalic, and basilic?
300
This is the hollow part of the blood collection needle.
What is the lumen?
300
These tubes contain 2 additives.
What are gray tubes?
300
The ABO reverse typing is used to detect the presence of these.
What are ABO antibodies?
400
This term is used to describe a urine output <500 mL/day.
What is oliguria?
400
This is the proper position of the needle as it goes into the patient's arm.
What is bevel up at a 15 - 30 degree angle?
400
This tube is mainly used in hematology.
What is the lavender tube?
400
STAT chemistries would be performed on specimens from these tubes.
What are green tubes?
400
This is the most antigenic blood group system.
What is the ABO blood group system?
500
These observations are performed in the UA physical exam.
What are color, transparency, odor, and SG?
500
This is the routine needle gauge when performing phlebotomy for blood donations.
What is 18G?
500
This color tube could be used for immunology, blood bank, and chemistry tests.
What is a red tube?
500
A CBC, PT, and electrolytes would be drawn in this order.
What is PT, electrolytes, and CBC?
500
These are the body fluids that secretors may detect their ABO antigens in.
What are tears, urine, GI mucous, and saliva?
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