What is the test looking for ??
Albumin / what department tests it.
Liver function - Chemistry
What should you know about collected a light blue tube FIRST when using a butterfly needle
You need to use a discard tube to remove the air from the tubing so the light blue tube is COMPLETELY FULL ! No need to use a discard if collecting any other tube first.
What tube do you collect a Fibrinogen in
What department tests a CBC
Hematology - Lav
What is the code for erythrocyte sedimentation rate- What tube is it collected in
ESR - Black tube or Lav
Troponin
Cardiac
What should you know about collecting a Light Blue tube
MUST always be FULL !!
What tube do you collect a D Dimer in
Light Blue
What department tests a prothrombin time
Coagulation
What is the abbreviation code for Prothrombin time - and what tube is it collected in
PTT - Light blue
Lipase
Pancreas
What should you know about a Lactate
No tourniquet, must be put immediately on a ice slurry.
What tube do you collect an INR in
Light blue
What department preforms cultures, Urine/ stool or swabs
Microbiology
What is the test abbreviation for B‐type natriuretic peptide
BNP - Lav tube
Blood cultures
Bacterial Blood Infection
Aerobic - Green / Blue (LifeLabs)
Anaerobic - Orange / Purple (LifeLabs)
What special instructors does the PT need to know when collecting a urine chlamydia / gonorrhea
Can not have gone to the bathroom for 1 hour before collecting same. You need to collect between 30-60 ml no less no more. In a sterile orange top container MUST collect the 1st drop of urine. If a C&S in also ordered it must be collected in a sterile container labeled #2.
What tube do you collect a PTT in
Light Blue
What department tests a troponin
Chemistry
What is the abbreviation or test code for Urine Albumin
UACR - Collected in a sterile orange container and transferred into a clear top with red to RCH.
Albumin
Renal function
What should you know about an AM cortisol
I am collecting a 2 hour GTT how many samples am I collecting in total and when are they collected
total samples = 3
Fast
1 hour post drink
2 hour post drink
If other blood work in needed always collect with with the 1st sample as to not delay results.
What department does blood typing
Blood Bank
What is the abbreviation or code for Aspartate aminotransferase
AST - PST (Hospital) SST (LifeLabs) - Chemistry