General
Equipment
Equipment
Carries blood collection supplies, but are left outside the room to prevent nosocomial infections.
What are phlebotomy carts?
Used to compress and restrict blood flow.
What is a tourniquet?
The part of the syringe that is graduated.
What is the barrel?
A tube additive that does NOT prevent clotting.
What is a clot activator?
Blood alcohol.
What is a gray top?
Drawn first when blood cultures are NOT ordered.
What is a light-blue top?
Due to allergies, gloves may not be made of this.
What is latex?
The slanted part of the needle used to enter the vein.
What is the bevel?
A sterile syringe needle.
What is a hypodermic needle?
Inhibits thrombin.
What is heparin?
Coagulation studies.
What is a light-blue top?
Responsible for the most carry-over problems.
What is a lavender top?
Use banned in gloves.
What is powder?
Used to draw multiple tubes of blood with a single venipuncture.
What is a multisample needle?
Used to safely fill collection tubes after blood is drawn with a syringe.
What is a syringe transfer device?
Preserves blood cells so they may be counted.
SPS for blood cultures.
What is a yellow top?
Damages cells, so drawn after EDTA.
What is a gray top (or oxalate)?
Prevents or inhibits growth of microorganisms to prevent sepsis.
What are antiseptics?
The larger the number the smaller the bore.
What is gauge?
The best system to draw blood from a metacarpal vein (formal name).
What is a Winged Infusion Set?
What is sodium citrate?
Trace element-free.
What is a royal blue top?
Drawn after coagulation and serum test tubes due to interference.
What are heparin tubes (PST)?
Leakproof containers used to transport blood specimens.
What are biohazard bags?
What is sodium hypochlorite?
Securely fastens the needle to the syringe.
What is a luer-lock tip?
An antiglycolytic agent.
What is sodium fluoride?
Contains thixotropic gel?
What is a gold (or, red-gray) top?
Extra tube drawn to protect 9:1 ratio if coagulation test first from a butterfly.
What is a discard tube?