Safety and Compliance
This is the most effective way to prevent the spread of infection in healthcare settings.
What is proper hand hygiene?
This is the first step before any blood draw to ensure correct patient identification.
What is verifying patient identity with two identifiers?
This is the most commonly used vein for venipuncture.
What is the median cubital vein?
This type of collection requires warming the site before collection to increase blood flow.
What is a capillary (dermal puncture) collection?
This process separates serum or plasma from blood cells using rapid spinning.
What is centrifugation?
These precautions treat all blood and bodily fluids as potentially infectious.
What are standard precautions?
When a patient to avoids food and drink before testing.
What is fasting?
This color tube contains EDTA and is used for hematology tests.
What is a lavender (purple) top tube?
This test requires strict timing and often multiple samples over a period after drinking a sugary drink.
What is a glucose tolerance test (GTT)?
This component is the liquid portion of blood after clotting has occurred.
What is serum?
This organization sets standards for workplace safety, including bloodborne pathogen protection.
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
This position is recommended for patients with a history of fainting during blood draws.
What is lying down (supine position)?
This is the correct angle range for inserting a needle during venipuncture.
What is 15–30 degrees?
This type of specimen must be kept on ice immediately after collection.
What is an ammonia or lactic acid level?
This is the correct labeling requirement for specimens after collection.
What is labeling at the bedside in the presence of the patient?
This act protects patient privacy and regulates access to medical records.
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
This term refers to the fear of needles that can affect patient cooperation.
What is trypanophobia?
This order helps prevent cross-contamination of additives during blood collection.
What is the order of draw?
This collection method is used for infants and involves puncturing the heel.
What is a heel stick?
This temperature condition is required for certain specimens to remain stable during transport.
What is refrigeration or temperature-controlled transport?
This is the maximum time a tourniquet should be left on to prevent hemoconcentration.
What is 1 minute?
This is the legal concept requiring patients to agree to a procedure after understanding it.
What is informed consent?
This complication occurs when blood leaks into surrounding tissue during collection.
What is a hematoma?
This test requires antiseptic cleaning of the test site and a waste tube to be drawn first.
What are blood cultures?
When the plasma or serum is red after centrifugation due to broken red blood cells.
What is hemolysis?