Blood Cultures
Blood cultures are performed to determine what?
True or false:
You do not need to wear PPE when restraining a patient.
False
This is the location commonly used for infant dermal punctures.
What is the heel
What are point-of-care tests?
How many times should you disinfect the blood collection site?
What is twice?
What are the best ways to restrain an infant during a procedure?
What is cuddling them close to your body, supporting their head, or swaddling them.
What is an autologous collection?
When blood is collected from a patient for their own use during a future surgery or procedure.
What are healthy glucose readings for a fasting patient?
Under 100
How much blood is required for a whole blood culture collection?
20-30ml
When gathering supplies, what issues should you always check for on the packaging?
Expiration, rips, and openings.
This disease is a rare, inherited metabolic disease that prevents the body from breaking down amino acids leading to a distinct smell in urine, sweat, and earwax.
What is maple syrup urine disease?
This is the form you should always fill out when collecting a specimen for legal matters.
What is a chain of custody form?
In order to reduce the possibility of cross contamination, should you collect aerobic or anaerobic blood culture bottles first?
Aerobic
In order to effectively communicate with other healthcare professionals, you should:
Remain professional, listen carefully, and ask any questions you have.
How much blood is collected during a standard blood donation?
What is 1 pint?
True or false:
When utilizing a centrifuge, always place the samples next to each other.
False
Which supplies are needed for a blood culture?
-gauze
-alcohol wipes
-tourniquet
-A red top collection tube
Gauze, alcohol wipes, and a tourniquet
Before collecting blood above an IV, this is something you should do. What is it?
Ask the nurse to stop the IV at least 2 minutes prior to collection.
What are common reasons filter paper tests get rejected?
Oversaturated circles, incompletely filled in circles, expired forms, contaminated circles, and when they aren't fully dried.
A test that measures the percentage of red blood cells that are present in the blood.
What is a hematocrit test?