EDTA blood smear should be made within this time frame
What is 1 hour of collection?
Preferred cap puncture site
What is the middle finger?
What is autologous blood transfusion?
Preferred method of parentage testing
What is buccal swab?
Urine C&S detects this common condition
What is UTI?
Capillary blood resembles this
What is arterial blood?
Preferred cap puncture site for infants
What is the lateral plantar surface of heel?
These remove antibiotics in the blood
What are ARD or FAN culture bottles?
Glucose tolerance testing (GTT) timing begins
What is when the patient finishes the drink?
Recent marijuana use, H-pylori, and lactose intolerance can be detected with this
What are breath samples?
Cap puncture blood has higher [this] analyte
What is glucose?
Correct lancet positioning on finger
What is perpendicular to fingerprint whorls?
Messing up the label on this test can be fatal
What is type & crossmatch?
NP (nasopharyngeal) culture swab detects this disease
What is whooping cough?
Detects chronic drug use
What are hair samples?
What is wiping away the first drop of blood?
EDTA skin puncture specimens are collected first because of this
What is to minimize the effects of platelet clumping?
Accumulation of this leads to metabolic acidosis
What is lactate?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is ACT?
Recommended timing for 24-hour urine collection
What is start collection after 1st morning void?
Microtubes fill with blood because of this
What is capillary action?
CLSI recommended blood culture site disinfectant for infants 2 months and older
What is chlorhexidine gluconate?
Pregnancy hormone
What is HCG?
Recommended additive for ethanol specimen collection
What is sodium fluoride?
This test requires a 24-hour urine collection
What is creatinine clearence?