Phlebotomy
The maximum amount of time that a tourniquet should be left on for.
What is 1 minute?
The minimum sample volume required to perform testing on a CLOSED full-size EDTA tube on the Sysmex.
What is 1 mL?
Critically low glucose.
What is less than 40 mg/dL?
External controls must be performed on the Abaxis Piccolo for these reasons.
What is at least every 30 days, new lot, new shipment, new user or when troubleshooting?
Temperature requirements for the storage of Abaxis Piccolo reagent disks.
What is refrigerated at 2-8 degrees Celsius?
The medical term for "fainting."
What is syncope?
The stability window of a CT/NG vaginal swab specimen being stored refrigerated.
What is 60 days?
Critical lead.
What is greater than or equal to 3.5 ug/dL?
What is the stability of UDS controls if stored frozen at -10 to -20 degrees Celsius and protected from light?
What is stable until the expiration date until opening, and once opened, for 6 months or until the expiration date and good for 5 freeze/thaw cycles?
What is strep?
The needle of choice for a delicate adult hand vein.
What is 23g butterfly needle?
The acceptable sample volume for standard EDTA tubes being tested on the ESR Mini-Cube.
What is 2.0-4.0 mL?
Critically low sodium.
What is less than 125 mg/dL?
The reason why we do not perform external QC on the Coaguchek.
What is Quality Control functions are integrated into the meter and test strips, so it is not necessary to run external quality control. The meter automatically runs its own quality control test as part of every blood test?
The test must be started within this time window once sample is added to a Cepheid cartridge.
What is 30 minutes?
The veins of the antecubital region listed in order of preference.
What is the median cubital, cephalic, and basilic?
The stability timeframe of a urine sample being stored in the refrigerator for an ACR.
What is 5 days?
Critically high potassium.
What is greater than 6.1 mmol/L?
The QC tests that must be performed daily at MB Lab.
What is Sysmex, Mini-Cube, Glucose, and UA QC?
The stability period of unopened Afinion HbA1C Cartridges when stored at room temperature.
What is 90 days?
The reason for drawing a discard sodium citrate tube when using a butterfly needle.
What is the air in the tubing of the butterfly needle can cause the light blue top tube to fill inadequately, so an additional sodium citrate discard tube must be drawn first to ensure adequate filling and proper blood-to-additive ratio of the tube that will be used for testing.
The sample requirements for the Abaxis Piccolo.
What is 90-120 microliters of whole blood, serum, or lithium-heparinized plasma?
Critically high platelet count.
What is greater than or equal to 1000 K/uL?
The proper mixing procedure for QC material on the Sysmex.
What is hold each vial vertically and roll between the palms of your hands for 15-20 seconds and then rapidly invert by holding the tube between your thumb and forefinger using a quick turning motion of your wrist 20 times?
The appropriate action to take when a test such as the iFOB or iCassette Fentanyl has an absent control line, making it invalid.
What is repeat the test using a new cartridge?