Safety and Compliance
Quality Control checks
What is ensuring that diagnostic tests and procedures are accurate, reliable, and consistent
Collection tubes labeled
What is at the patients bedside or prior to the patient leaving the collection area
Tourniquet placement
What is 3-4 inches above the antecubital region or draw site
Depth of a pediatric lancet
What is no deeper than 2mm to prevent damage to infants heel bones
Time for clotting a normal specimen
What is 30-60 minutes at room temperature
Contact Precautions
What is gloves and gown
Basal State
What is avoiding food, drinks, and exercise for 12 hours
Basilic vein option
What is the last choice for venipuncture because of the veins proximity to the main nerves and arteries increasing the risk of injury. Also has tendency to roll.
Signs chain of custody form
What is everyone who had possession of the sample for any period of time
Transferring a aliquoting specimen to an aliquot tube
What is gently using a pipette
Bloodborne Pathogen
What is any infectious micro-organism present in blood and other body fluids or tissue.
Smiling, eye contact, sitting/standing upright, focusing intently on speakers words
What is active listening
Collecting purple, gray, and light blue tubes
what is the order Light blue, Purple, and gray
Antiseptics used for blood cultures
What is Povidone Iodine, tincture of iodine, and chlorhexidine gluconate
Temperature range for refrigerated specimens
What is 2-8 (c) or 35-46 (f)
Doffing PPE
What is gloves, goggles/face shield, gown, mask/respirator, wash hands
Patients Bill of Rights
What is guidelines and assurances mandated by federal law to safeguard patients' well-being and security
collecting a red microtainer
What is collected last for clotting factors
Patient rules before a GTT
What is eat balanced meals for 3 days with 150g of carbohydrates and fasting 8 hours before the test
CLSI Max time for seperating specimens
What is generally two hours
Chain of infection
What is infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
Consent necessary for high risk procedures
What is informed consent
First drop of capillary blood
What is typically wiped away because it could contain traces of alcohol and tissue fluid which may effect test results
Assisting in a CVAD line draw
What is gather supplies, hand supplies to the nurse, choose the proper evac tubes, place tubes in order of draw, and transferring blood.
Removing the stopper on a specimen
What is loss of carbon dioxide and increased PH