What is Using a small-gauge needle and a large vacuum tube?
100
This group of Streptococcus bacteria is detected by the rapid strep test
What is Group A?
100
The term that is used to describe serum that is a darker yellow than normal
What is Icteric?
100
Coumadin (warfarin) therapy is monitored using this test
What is PT? Protime?
100
The preferred site and needle the phleb would use, for drawing on a child younger than 2 years old, when a venipuncture is requested.
What is Dorsal hand vein?
200
This may cause a hematoma
What is going through the back side of the vein when inserting the needle?
200
The term used to describe serum that is pink-tinged
What is Hemolyzed?
200
Of Green, Gray, Lavender, or Red, this color tube may be used to obtain serum for a laboratory test
What is Red?
200
The most common chemistry test performed via POCT
What is Glucose?
200
The best way to identify a geriatric patient named Jane Doe
What is to match Jane Doe’s ID bracelet with Jane Doe’s requisition?
300
A large amount of bleeding into the tissues surrounding a puncture site (i.e., in a patient who takes anticoagulant medication) can cause what condition
What is Compartment Syndrome?
300
This laboratory department would normally perform a prothrombin time (PT) test
What is coagulation?
300
This hematology test measures the blood’s capacity to carry oxygen
What is HGB or hemoglobin?
300
A way of recording the electrical activity of the heart
What is with ECG?
300
This decreases the bilirubin level
What is hemolysis?
400
This is the term used to describe a vein that is hardened due to repeated venipunctures, chemotherapy, or disease
What is Sclerosed?
400
Of, SST, Gray, Red, or Royal Blue with a red label; this color tube may be used to obtain plasma for a laboratory test
What is Gray?
400
This anticoagulant is used most often in collection tubes for hematology studies
What is EDTA?
400
A Cardiac Cycle
What is a complete heartbeat, consisting of depolarization and re-polarization?
400
Alternate site testing
What is another name for point-of-care testing (POCT)?
500
The medical term for fainting
What is Syncope?
500
The hospital laboratory falls under this category of administrative services
What is Professional?
500
The abbreviation that stands for a type of blood collection vacuum tube. CCU, GTT, RBC, or SST
What is SST?
500
The sample used for an occult blood test
What is feces?
500
The detection of HCG in a patient sample is useful in the diagnosis of this condition