Test Tubes
The tube color with EDTA and specifically used in blood bank.
What is pink?
Most important of aspect of phlebotomy procedure
What is patient identification?
Most painful site to take from
What is hand veins?
Types of blood specimens used for testing.
What is whole blood, serum, and plasma?
Blood specimen is preferred for peripheral blood smears
What is EDTA venous blood?
Tube color that has sodium citrate and used in hematology
What is black?
Most common identifiers for patient identification
What is patient's full name and DOB?
Characteristics of a good vein
What is soft, flexible, and spongy?
Performed after safety device is activated
What is the disposal of needle into a sharps container?
Department that uses blood cultures
What is microbiology?
Tube color used for GTT testing
What is grey?
Inpatient must have this on to proceed with phlebotomy procedure
What is patient's arm band?
Angle of needle when inserting. Give both straight needle and butterfly needle angles
Straight 15-30
Butterfly 10-15
What can occur if you use expired tubes
What is erroneous results?
Antiseptics used to clean site for blood culture
Chlorohexidine or iodine?
What is yellow sterile?
Patient information needed to be asked at time of procedure
Types of veins that must be avoided when doing a phlebotomy procedure. Give at least 3 examples
What is sclerotic, fragile, tortuous, thrombotic, and/or phlebitis veins?
Parts of a needle(3)
What is the point, bevel, and shaft?
Characteristics of a good blood smear(5)
What is the blood smear not touching edges, being smooth, having no irregularities, no streaks, and no holes?
Three types (additives) of royal blue tubes
EDTA (lavender stripe), Clot activator (red stripe), heparin (green stripe)
Types of consent
What is informed, expressed, implied, and consent for minors?
Three veins that can be chosen for specimen collection
What is median cubital, cephalic, and basilic?
Order of draw
What is yellow-sterile, light blue, Red, Gold/Tiger, light green, green, lavender/pink, and gray?
Where would you find a pt that has an order for PKU testing?
Nursery, OB/NICU