Collection Tubes
What additive is in a Lavender Tube?
EDTA
Temperature of Incubator?
99-100 F
In a successful venipuncture, evacuated tubes fill automatically as soon as the tube stopper is pierced because...?
The premeasured vacuum in each tube decides the amount of blood.
What is the difference between arteries and veins.
Arteries are muscular, and they pulse with the heart. They carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart. Veins are elastic, they carry deoxygentated blood back to the heart.
What is the most common side effect of having blood drawn.
Hematome
What is a Tiger Top Tube?
Serum Separator with Gel to separate serum from red cells
Speed of a Centrifuge?
3500 rpm
What type of cleaning agent is used to clean the skin in preparation for venipuncture? Give an Example.
Alcohol, Chloro-prep, and Iodine.
What is syncope?
Fainting
Tube rejected because it is not filled completely
Light Blue tube
What color tube usually is discarded?
Light Blue
Siemens DCA
20-22g
Most common needle size for venipuncture.
The heart gets its blood supply from the:
Coronary arteries
Apply heat pack
having a hard time palpating a vein?
Yellow and Red Tiger Tube
Used for collecting urine
Name of a Mixer?
Vortex
What does a transillumination device perform?
This machine passes light through organ walls. These can be used to help find difficult or deep veins, (vein finder).
What is when the rbc's break apart?
hemolysis
What is the most common blood borne transmitted disease for phlebotomists?
Hepatitis B
What is first Serum Separator or Light Blue?
Light Blue
What is used to make veins prominenet?
Tourniquet
Someone who has an allergy to shellfish may also be allergic to what antiseptic?
Iodine
What is the name of the blood vessels that carry blood back from the lungs to the heart.
Pulmonary Veins
What is the best way to reduce the spread of infection?
Wash your hands