Equipment
This device stops the flow of blood through a vein or an artery.
What is a tourniquet?
This is a specialized, puncture-resistant container designed for the safe disposal of sharp medical instruments.
What is a sharps bin?
This refers to gently flipping or rolling a blood collection tube after it's filled to ensure proper mixing of the blood with any additive (like an anticoagulant or clot activator) within the tube, preventing clotting or platelet clumping and ensuring accurate test results.
What is inversion?
This blood test is used to look at overall health and find a wide range of conditions, including anemia, infection and leukemia.
What is a CBC or complete blood count?
This is the order of draw for PT/INR, Lipid Panel, and CBC.
What is light blue, gold top and lavender?
What is a Vacutainer tube system?
This is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses. These injuries and illnesses may result from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.
What is PPE or personal protective equipment?
What is a venipuncture?
This refers to a blood test that measures 14 different substances in the blood to provide information about the body's metabolism, electrolyte balance, and organ function.
What is a CMP or comprehensive metabolic panel?
This is the order of draw for TSH, Sodium Fluoride, and Lead Level.
What is gold top, gray top, and royal blue top?
This is a medical device used for drawing blood or administering intravenous (IV) therapy, featuring a thin needle with two flexible "wings" for easier vein access and stabilization
What is a butterfly needle?
This is a critical process in healthcare that ensures the correct patient receives the appropriate care and that you have the right patient for the desired outcome.
What is patient identification?
This refers to a medical procedure that involves pricking a small blood vessel to collect a blood sample.
What is a capillary puncture?
This refers to a blood test that is used to assist doctors to assess and diagnose conditions such as hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism.
What is a TSH or thyroid stimulating hormone?
This is the order of draw for ammonia level, lipid panel and troponin level.
What is gold top and lavender top?
This refers to a self-adherent, elastic compression bandage, often used for joint and muscle support, edema control, and securing dressings. It's a trade name for a product by 3M that sticks only to itself, not to skin, hair, or clothing.
What is Coban?
This infection control practice is used in healthcare settings to prevent the transmission of diseases that can be acquired through contact with blood, body fluids, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes.
What are standard precautions?
This refers to a medical test that measures the levels of oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and pH (acidity) in the blood
What is an ABG collection?
This refers to a blood test that measures the average blood sugar level over the past 2-3 months and is used to assist in the diagnoses of diabetes.
What is A1C or glycated hemoglobin?
This is the order of draw for a hormone test, liver function test, and iron level.
What is a red top, gold top and gold top?
These act as a barrier against blood, body fluids, and other potentially hazardous material.
What are medical grade gloves?
This is a set of infection control practices designed to prevent the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.
What are universal precautions?
This refers to stabilizing the vein by drawing the skin taut below the puncture site, usually with the thumb, to prevent it from rolling or moving during needle insertion
What is anchoring the vein?
This test refers to a protein produced by normal, as well as malignant, cells of the prostate gland.
What is a PSA or prostate specific antigen?
This is the order of draw for a blood culture, CBC, CMP, ammonia level, PT/INR, D-dimer, and TSH.
What is blood culture tubes, light blue, 1st lavender, 2nd lavender and gold top?