Vocab
What does blood cultures test for?
Tests for bacterial or fungal infections.
For patients older than one year old, what finger's do you use for a finger stick?
What is the middle and ring finger.
How long can you leave the tourniquet on?
what is postprandial?
What is after a meal.
At what time of the day should you collect a sputum specimen for a patient?
What is the term for a vein that is hard, inflexiable, and narrow?
What is sclerotic.
Where do you do a dermal puncture on a patient younger than one year old?
What is the heel.
You are about to perform a venipuncture to collect blood for coagulation testing. You should use a collection tube with which color stopper?
what is light blue.
This color tube is drawn first?
What is blood cuture tubes
For collection of which type of urine specimen should the patient urinate first into the toilet and then into the collection cup?
what is clean-catch or midstream.
Where is the antecubital area located?
What is the anterior surface of the arm.
What finger should you avoid using due to a pulse?
Why should you not do a blood draw from an arm that has had a mastectomy?
what is can increase pain and infection chances.
What type of needle is used for fragile veins?
what is the butterfly needle.
what patient information should the tech include on the label?
What is identification number.
What is the term for a vein that is tender and warm with a red area around it?
What is phlebitic.
Why should you not stick the thumb, pointer, or pinky finger?
What is the name of the anemia for drawing too much blood?
When should you wash your hands?
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
what is a clear liquid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
What is a hematoma?
Why should you wipe the first drop of blood when doing a stick?
what is to remove contaminating items, such as fluid, debris, and alcohol.
What is the name of the vein we do not use due to the closeness of an artery and nerves?
What is the basilic vein.
This additive prevents blood from clotting?
what is an anticoagulant?
This must be done immediately after labeling tubes?