Tubes and additives
What tubes in the order of draw(most likely) go to chemistry
Red, SST, Light green, Dark green, Gray
The first thing you do when walking for drawing blood
Wash hands or sanitize in front of a patient
Another name for capillary puncture
Dermal
How should a cold agglutinins be handled
pre-warm tubes in a heel warmer, return specimen in another heel warmer until you are able to prepare the thermal of 37 degree Celsius water for transport, it is to be handled as a STAT must be separated within one hour
Who won the NBA Final and what was the score
Toronto 114-110
Tell me the tubes for following common test? CBC, TSH, PTT, and CMP
Lavender, SST, light blue, (light green {hospital})or can be SST)
What do you need on a Requisition for patient and the phlebotomist
Patient name, DOB, Dr. name, date and time ordered, MRN, phlebotomist: date, time initials
PKU are required by ___________ and will be collected within ___ of being born.
state law 24 hours
this test is normally drawn on infants and has to be protected from light what is it?
Bilirubin
What are ABG?
Arterial blood gases
what are the additives in the Light Green tube, Light Blue tube and the Pink tube
Heparin, Citrate, EDTA
6 areas to avoid when performing a veni-puncture.
tattoos, hematoma, edema, open wounds(scars), arms with mastectomy, Fistula's
name equipment used for capillary puncture
Lancet, capillary tubes or micro collection tubes, alcohol pad, 2 by 2 gauze, heel warmer
These test are drawn and have to be in the uninterrupted control of authorized personnel to ensure their validity; and require a certain form. What are the tests and what is the name of the form?
Blood alcohol testing, forensic testing, and toxicology
chain of custody
Why is an advantage to use aterial blood?
the composition is fairly consistent throughout the body, whereas the composition of venous blood varies relative to the metabolic needs of the area of the body it serves
What are the fasting tests for gray and chemistry
Gray- FBS, GTT and Glucose (Light green) SST- Lipid
What are the two parts of a syringe
plunger and barrel
What is aliquoting?
The process of transferring a portion of a specimen into different containers
What is a delta check
a comparison of the results with previous results for the same test on the same patient
What is the degree a needle should be for a radial ABG procedure
30 45
What tube is an Ammonia and Lactic Acid drawn in and what is special about them
Purple and gray Ammonia- immediately placed on ice, centrifuged within 1 hour, aliquoted and froze Ammonia Lactic Acid- no tourniquet, immediately placed on ice, centrifuged within 15-30 min,aliquoted and froze
What is permanent computer on memory? Mrs. Sanders make and model of whip? and tests performed on plasma are drawn in?
RAM, Nissan Frontier, anticoagulant tubes
What does QNS mean and what test is most likely to be affected by this?
Quantity not sufficient ; Coagulation tests
What are the 6 reasons a specimen would be rejected?
1.unlabeled specimen, 2.mis-labeled specimen, 3.a specimen with 2 labels containing different patients, 4.missing documentation on a chain of custody specimen, 5.QNS 6.Hemalized specimen
What are you checking for with an ABG
to check the function of the lungs