Order of Draw
The 2nd tube drawn
What is a Light Blue Sodium Citrate tube?
This piece of equipment can only stay on the patient for 60 seconds
What is a tourniquet?
The root, prefix "phleb/o"
What is "vein"?
This device protects a phlebotomist from needle stick injury
What is a safety device?
This is used to clean the site before blood culture collection
Drawn before the sodium citrate tube
What is Blood Cultures?
This part of the needle must always be up before needle insertion
What is a bevel?
The suffix "-tomy"
What is "to cut"?
This piece of personal protect equipment is worn if a patient is under contact precautions
What is a gown?
This tube must have a waste tube drawn if using the butterfly for collection
What is the Light Blue sodium citrate tube?
The 4th tube drawn
What is the Gel Barrier SST Tiger Top Tube?
The name of the antiseptic used to clean the site during a routine blood draw
What is isopropyl alcohol?
The suffix "-itis"
What is "inflammation"?
Bacteria, viruses, and fungi
What is a pathogen?
When using the syringe method for blood culture collection this bottle is filled first
What is the anaerobic bottle?
This tube comes after citrate and heparin but before sodium fluoride-potassium oxalate
What is EDTA - Ethelyene Diamine Tetra Acetic Acid?
The method of the antiseptic technique used to clean the site before venipuncture
What is concentric circles?
Cardiology
What is the "study of the heart"?
These items are things we can touch and use everyday like cell phones, door handles, pencils, community appliances but may spread infection
What is a fomite?
When the tourniquet is left on for more than 60 seconds this will occur
What is hemoconcentration?
The Glycolytic Inhibitor tube
What is the Gray top tube - Sodium Fluoride Potassium Oxalate?
This will happen if not enough pressure is applied to the site after venipuncture
What is a hematoma?
EDTA
What is Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid?
The cycle in which pathogens spread
What is the Chain of Infection?
The rupturing of red blood cells that will release hemoglobin (makes it pink) and potassium into the serum or plasma
What is hemolysis?