Equipment
This system uses vacuum tubes to collect blood.
What is the evacuated tube system?
This specimen is always collected first
What are blood cultures?
This is applied 3-4 inches above the site before venipuncture
What is a tourniquet?
This occurs when a patient faints during a draw.
What is syncope?
This type of puncture is used for capillary blood collection.
What is dermal puncture?
This device is best for patients with small or fragile veins.
What is a butterfly (winged infusion) set?
This tube is used for coagulation tests.
What is light blue?
The correct angle for needle insertion.
What is 15-30 degrees?
This is blood leaking under the skin, causing swelling
What is a hematoma?
This site is used for adult capillary collection.
What is the middle finger?/ finger tip.
This nuk=mber indictaes needle size; higher numbers mean smaller needles
What is gauge?
This tube comes after red/gold but before lavender
What is green?
This is done to the vein to locate it before insertion.
what is palpation?
Small red spots caused by capillary bleeding are called this.
What is petechiae?
This site is used for infant capillary collection.
What is the heel?
Before use, you must check equipment for this(two examples)
What are expiration date and defects?
This tube is used for hematology testing like CBC.
What is lavender?
This must be done immediately after collection
What is labeling the specimen?
If a patient feels sharp shooting pain, you should do this immediately.
STOP THE PROCEDURE!!!!!
This must be wiped away before collecting capillary blood.
What is the first drop of blood?
This type of device allows manual suction during blood collection
What is a syringe?
Recite the correct order of draw
What are blood cultures, light blue, red, gold/tiger, green, lavender, gray?
This step involves gently mixing tubes with additves.
What is inversion?
This problem occurs when blood cells rupture due to poor technique.
What is hemolysis?
This determines the order of collection for capillary specimens.
What is the capillary order of draw?