Routine Venipuncture
What is the very first thing you will do when you walk in to draw blood?
Greet and Identify your patient
What do you use to clean the site?
Antiseptic
What size butterfly needle would you use on a hand?
23G
Most common size for a tourniquet?
15-18 in
Diff
Differential
Do you palpate the vein before or after you put the tourniquet on?
After
What do you use to cut the circulation?
Tourniquet
What two critical things should a phlebotomist know?
What kind of needle and what kind of tube to use
What can also be used as a tourniquet?
A blood pressure cuff
MCV
Mean corpusular volume
What can patients with difficult veins do to help blood flow?
Pump the fist or squeeze a ball
What do you use to protect yourself?
Gloves
All needles should be...
Sterile, disposable, used ONLY one time (Don't give your patient AIDS)
If your patient is allergic to latex what type of tourniquet would you use?
Velcro
GTT
Glucose tolerance test
What hand do you use to hold the needle with?
Blood doesn't run out of the tube
What do you use for a hand?
Butterfly needle
What is the angled part of the needle?
Bevel
to reduce the risk of transporting pathogens from one patient to the next
CBC
Complete Blood Count
What condition can make routine venipuncture uncomfortable?
Raynaud's Disease
What should you do if your needle is bent?
Discard in the sharps container and get a new one
Can you use a needle if the seals been broken?
NOOOO (You don't want to get fired do you?)
What are the red marks left by a tourniquet that has been on too long?
Petechiae
SPS
Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate