Mild
Proper needle disposal...
Safety feature engaged, and discarded as a whole unit with the blood collection device.
Most important step of the blood collection...
Patient Identifiers.
For maximum effectiveness, antiseptic should be left on the skin for this long...
30-60 seconds.
This test cannot be completed using the dermal puncture technique...
Blood Cultures.
Next step after being unable to locate a vein on a patient...
Color tube used to collect CBC...
Lavender tube.
Color tube used for coagulation studies...
Light blue.
Place the following tubes in order of draw:
Green
Lavender
Light Blue
Red
Light Blue, Red, Green, Lavender.
Proper way to apply tourniquet on a geriatric patient...
Apply looser than normal. Apply over clothes if possible to avoid bruising.
Patient is complaining of tingling in fingers and pain, this is likely due to...
Tourniquet too tight, or on for too long.
Blood test requires fasting, how should this be confirmed?
Ask the patient when was the last time they had anything to eat or drink. Some patient's may understand the term fasting, if not, this is an easier way.
Distance that the tourniquet should be placed from the puncture site...
3-4 inches above collection site.
Place the following tubes in order of draw:
Green
Lavender
Gray
Red
Red, Green, Lavender, Gray.
Appropriate site for dermal puncture on an infants foot...
Medial and lateral borders of the plantar surface of the heel.
Before drawing blood in an inpatient setting, information on the patient's requisition must be matched against...
Patient's ID bracelet/wrist band.
Bleeding at the puncture site can be stopped properly by...
Applying pressure using the gauze immediately after removing the needle.
Maximum acceptable depth of a heel puncture...
2mm.
Place the following tubes in order of draw:
Lavender
Light Blue
Red
Blood Cultures
Blood Cultures, Light Blue, Red, Lavender.
Shaking a tube rather than gently inverting it can have this effect on the blood...
Hemolysis.
The radial artery is located...
On the thumb side of the wrist.
Amount of times a tube should be inverted...
5-10 times.
Minimum amount of time pressure should be held on an arterial puncture site...
5 minutes.
Collect and discard the first collected specimen (Thursday 9AM). Collect and keep all samples until Friday 9AM. On Friday at 9AM, collect and keep last specimen.
Should be on a solid surface,, away from the patient personal effects. Flat, solid surfaces such as a laboratory table, mayo tray, flat part of the patient's bed (ONLY IF NECESSARY).
State your steps for a patient that starts to have a seizure while you are performing a venipuncutre...