Phlebotomy Basics
Blood Collection
Venipuncture
Non-blood Specimens
Needles
100
Why should you not use a ice pack to cool a specimen?
Ice packs can be considered unreliable.
100
What is the maximum time for a tourniquet?
1 minute or 60 seconds.
100
How do you position the patient?
Sitting up, arm outward and relaxed.
100
When should a urine test be taken?
- routine medical exam
- pregancy checkup
- pre-surgery preparation
100
What does the needle experation date refer to?
How long the needle remains sterile for.
200
What tests require the specimen to sit in a ice slurry immediatly after collection?
Ammonia and lactic acid.
200
True or False: You only need one set of blood culture bottles taken from both arms for collections.
False. You need two sets of blood cultures taken from each arm for collections.
200
How is the patient arm when only doing a butterfly stick?
Palm faced downward.
200
How much enough for a urine collection?
- 30 to 60 mL
200
What is the antecubitial needle angle?
15 - 30 degrees
300
How do you protect samples for bilirubin and folate levels?
Wrap them in foil.
300
What is the most common site for a venipuncture?
Medial Cubital Vein
300
what is the glucose test used for?
- Measures the body's response to surgar.
300
What is burred needle mean?
The tip of the needle being frayed or bent because the needle tip hit something harder than itself.
400
What are the types of arteries?
- Coronary (Heart) Arteries
- Femoral (Lower Extremities) Arteries
- Pulmonary (Lung) Arteries
400
Name at least ine additive for the following tubes: Red, Green, Light Blue, Royal Blue, Lavender, Gray, and Light Yellow.
Red- None
Green- Heparin
Light Blue- Sodium Citrate
Royal Blue- NOne, EDTA, or Heparin
Lavender- EDTA
Gray- POttassium Oxalate, EDTA, or FLouride
Light Yellow- Acid Citrate Dextrose
400
What are some special consideration for venipunctures?
Masectomy - Tattoos - Hematoma - Edema - Scars - Schlerosis
400
what is Urine pH reference range
- 4.6 and 8.0
400
What is the dorsal hand needle angle?
10 degrees
500
What are the types of veins?
- Jugular Veins (return deoxygenated blood from upper head and neck to the heart)
- Saphenous Veins (return deoxygenated blood from lower extremities to the heart)
- Pulmonary Veins (carry reoxygenated blood back to the heart from the lungs)
500
How many times do you cleanse the skin for blood cultures and with what do you cleanse it with?
You cleanse the skin twice with. Once with 70% isopropyl alcohol. Once with chlorhexidine gluconate or a combination of 70% ethyl alcohl and providone-iodine.
500
WHat is the term for a vein that is hard, inflexible, and narrow?
Schlerotic
500
For collection of which type of urine specimen should the patient urinate in first into the toliet and then into the collection cup?
Clean-catch or midstream
500
What does the term lumen mean in reference to a vein?
The middle area.