Safety and Compliance
This law protects patient privacy.
What is HIPAA?
You need two of these before drawing blood.
What are patient identifiers?
/Date of birth and First and last name
The first step before selecting a vein is applying this band.
What is a tourniquet?
These tests require sterile technique.
What are blood cultures?
This machine separates blood components by spinning.
What is a centrifuge?
These are worn to protect hands during blood collection.
What are gloves?
The preferred vein for venipuncture
What is the median cubital vein?
The correct needle insertion angle range.
What is 15–30 degrees?
This legal process tracks specimen handling for drug screens
What is chain of custody?
Dividing a sample into portions is called this.
What is aliquoting?
This agency regulates workplace safety
What is OSHA
No food before a test is called this.
What is fasting? also known as basal state
The first specimen collected in order of draw.
What are blood cultures?
These patients need smaller blood volume draws due to size.
Who are pediatric patients?
Light, time, and temperature affect this of a specimen.
What is specimen integrity?
This term means fainting during a blood draw.
What is syncope?
When a patient extends their arm for a draw, this type of consent is given.
What is implied consent?
This complication is blood leaking under the skin.
What is a hematoma?
For blood alcohol testing, avoid using this antiseptic.
What is alcohol?
Dangerous abnormal lab results are called these.
What are critical values?
These precautions include airborne, droplet, and contact.
What are transmission-based precautions?
This document contains ordered tests and patient info.
What is a requisition form?
This tube is used for coagulation tests.
What is a light blue tube?
This test checks how the body processes sugar over time.
What is a glucose tolerance test?
This system stores patient charts electronically.
What is EMR/EHR?